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The laminopathies: a clinical review.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 2006
Rankin J, Ellard S
Abstract excerpt
The laminopathies are a diverse group of conditions caused by mutations in the LMNA gene (MIM*150330). LMNA encodes the nuclear envelope proteins lamin A and lamin C by utilization of an alternative splice site in exon 10. The human LMNA gene was identified in 1986 but it was another 13 years before it was found to be the causative gene for a disease, namely Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Since then, a...
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