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Molecular analysis of Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (CDS) patients: Identification of novel mutations in the ABHD5 gene.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Emre Serap, Unver Neşe, Evans Sibel Ersoy, Yüzbaşioğlu Ayşe, Gürakan Figen, Gümrük Fatma, Karaduman Ayşen
Abstract excerpt
Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (CDS) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder associated with congenital ichthyosis and a multisystemic accumulation of neutral lipids in various types of cells. Recently, mutations of the ABHD5 gene were identified as the cause of CDS. In this work, we carried out molecular analysis of the ABHD5 gene in 6 unrelated patients. We identified one previously reported mutation, N209X and...
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