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Phenotypic heterogeneity in two unrelated Danon patients associated with the same LAMP-2 gene mutation.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Oct 2005
Bertini E, Donati M A, Broda P, Cassandrini D, Petrini S, Dionisi-Vici C, Ballerini L, Boldrini R, D'Amico A, Pasquini E, Minetti C, Santorelli F M, Bruno C
Abstract excerpt
Danon disease, an X-linked cardioskeletal myopathy caused by primary deficiency of lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 (LAMP-2), is clinically characterized by cardiomyopathy, myopathy, and variable mental retardation. The pathological hallmark of the disease is the absence of LAMP-2 immunohis...
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