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Familial partial lipodystrophy associated with the heterozygous LMNA mutation 1445G>A (Arg482Gln) in a Polish family.
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Drac Hanna, Madej-Pilarczyk Agnieszka, Gospodarczyk-Szot Krystyna, Gaweł Małgorzata, Kwieciński Hubert, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz Irena
Abstract excerpt
Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) belongs to the family of laminopathies - disorders associated with mutation in the lamin A/C gene (LMNA). FPLD is characterized by loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue from the limbs, trunk and buttocks, with its concomitant accumulation on the face, neck and intra-abdominal region, and by metabolic disorders. We present the first Polish family with FPLD confirmed genetically....
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