Diffuse abnormal layering of small intestinal smooth muscle is present in patients with FLNA mutations and x-linked intestinal pseudo-obstruction.

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X-linked intestinal pseudo-obstruction, a rare disorder caused by mutations in FLNA, the gene encoding the cytoskeletal protein filamin A, has been regarded as a hereditary enteric neuropathy largely on the basis of sparse and incomplete pathologic studies. Diffuse abnormal layering of small intestinal smooth muscle (DAL) is a rare malformation, which has only been described in 4 patients (all male, 3 in the same...

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