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An exceptional mutational event leading to Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome in a large consanguineous family.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jun 2011
Samuelov L, Fuchs-Telem D, Sarig O, Sprecher E
Abstract excerpt
Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (CDS) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder featuring congenital ichthyosis combined with pleiomorphic visceral manifestations associated with tissue accumulation of cytoplasmic lipid droplets. Mutations in the ABHD5 gene, encoding a crucial cofactor for adipose triglyceride lipase, have been found to underlie all CDS cases reported to date. The purposed of this study was to...
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