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Severe mandibuloacral dysplasia-associated lipodystrophy and progeria in a young girl with a novel homozygous Arg527Cys LMNA mutation.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2008
Agarwal Anil K, Kazachkova Irina, Ten Svetlana, Garg Abhimanyu
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Mandibuloacral dysplasia (MAD) is a rare autosomal recessive progeroid syndrome due to mutations in genes encoding nuclear lamina proteins, lamins A/C (LMNA) or prelamin A processing enzyme, and zinc metalloproteinase (ZMPSTE24). OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the underlying genetic and molecular basis of the phenotype of a 7-yr-old girl with MAD belonging to a consanguineous pedigree...
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