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Spectrum of ALMS1 variants and evaluation of genotype-phenotype correlations in Alström syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2007
Marshall Jan D, Hinman Elizabeth G, Collin Gayle B, Beck Sebastian, Cerqueira Rita, Maffei Pietro, Milan Gabriella, Zhang Weidong, Wilson David I, Hearn Tom, Tavares Purificação, Vettor Roberto, Veronese Caterina, Martin Mitchell, So W Venus, Nishina Patsy M, Naggert Jürgen K
Abstract excerpt
Alström syndrome is a monogenic recessive disorder featuring an array of clinical manifestations, with systemic fibrosis and multiple organ involvement, including retinal degeneration, hearing loss, childhood obesity, diabetes mellitus, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), urological dysfunction, and pulmonary, hepatic, and renal failure. We evaluated a large cohort of patients with Alström syndrome for mutations in the...
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