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Multi-system disorder syndromes associated with cystinuria type I.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Sept 2008
Martens Kevin, Jaeken Jaak, Matthijs Gert, Creemers John W M
Abstract excerpt
Cystinuria type I is an autosomal recessive disorder with an exclusively renal phenotype caused by inactivating mutations in SLC3A1. Recently 3 similar but distinct syndromes associated with cystinuria type I have been described: 2p21 deletion syndrome, Hypotonia-Cystinuria Syndrome (HCS) and atypical HCS. Genetic analysis indicated that these are recessive contiguous gene deletion syndromes which differ in the...
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