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An Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIA patient with cystic malformations of the meninges.
European journal of dermatology : EJD - 1 Jan 2000
Yeowell Heather N, Walker Linda C, Neumann Luitgard M
Abstract excerpt
We have characterized a patient with the phenotype of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIA (EDS VIA: kyphoscoliotic form), accompanied by the unique feature of cystic malformations of the meninges, to be homozygous for a large duplication of 8.9 kb in the lysyl hydroxylase 1 (LH1) gene that is the cause of severely decreased levels of LH activity in her skin fibroblasts. Electrophoresis of full length cDNA for LH1,...
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