Danon disease caused by two novel mutations of the LAMP2 gene: implications for two ends of the clinical spectrum.

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Danon disease is caused by mutations of the lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 (LAMP2) gene at Xq24. Male patients usually manifested as severe cardiomyopathy, mild myopathy and mental retardation. We describe two patients: the first patient presented with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, proximal muscle weakness, and chronic painless diarrhea; the second patient manifested...

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