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A LMNA splicing mutation in two sisters with severe Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy type 2.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 2006
Morel Chantal F, Thomas Mary Ann, Cao Henian, O'Neil Caroline H, Pickering J Geoffrey, Foulkes William D, Hegele Robert A
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CONTEXT: To date, all cases of familial partial lipodystrophy type 2 (FPLD2; Mendelian Inheritance in Man 151660) result from missense mutations in LMNA, which encodes nuclear lamin A/C (Mendelian Inheritance in Man 150330). OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to carry out mutational analysis of LMNA in two sisters with a particularly severe FPLD2 phenotype. DESIGN: This was a descriptive case report with...
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