Article
Aceruloplasminemia: a novel mutation in a family with marked phenotypic variability.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Apr 2008
Fasano Alfonso, Colosimo Cesare, Miyajima Hiroaki, Tonali Pietro Attilio, Re Thomas J, Bentivoglio Anna Rita
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary aceruloplasminemia (HA) is a rare inherited disease characterized by anemia, iron overload, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. HA is caused by the homozygous mutation of the ceruloplasmin (CP) gene. We report two siblings with markedly different phenotypes carrying a novel mutation: a homozygous deletion of two nucleotides (1257-1258 TT del) causing the premature stop of the Cp protein translation...
Topics
- Brain
- Ceruloplasmin
- Deferoxamine
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Disease Progression
- Family
- Female
- Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
- Humans
- Iron
- Iron Chelating Agents
