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Clinical and biochemical heterogeneity in an Italian family with CPT II deficiency due to Ser 113 Leu mutation.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 1 Aug 2005
Rafay Mubeen F, Murphy E Gordon, McGarry J Denis, Kaufmann Petra, DiMauro Salvatore, Tein Ingrid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder which presents with recurrent myoglobinuria. Heterozygotes are usually asymptomatic. METHODS: We correlate the clinical, biochemical and molecular features of a family in which the proband is homozygous for CPT II deficiency, due to the common Ser 113 Leu mutation. RESULTS: The 20-year-old female proband presented...
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