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Novel PNPLA2 gene mutations in Chinese Han patients causing neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2012
Lin Pengfei, Li Wei, Wen Bing, Zhao Yuying, Fenster Danielle S, Wang Yongxiang, Gong Yaoqin, Yan Chuanzhu
Abstract excerpt
Neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy (NLSDM) referred to those neutral lipid storage disease (NLSD) patients with myopathy but without ichthyosis. Recently, NLSDM has been attributed to mutations in the PNPLA2 gene. Until now, 19 patients with PNPLA2 mutations have been reported. In the present study, we describe the clinical and genetic findings in three Chinese patients with NLSDM. Sequence analysis of...
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