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An inherited LMNA gene mutation in atypical Progeria syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2012
Doubaj Yassamine, De Sandre-Giovannoli Annachiara, Vera Esteves-Vieira, Navarro Claire Laure, Elalaoui Siham Chafai, Tajir Mariam, Lévy Nicolas, Sefiani Abdelaziz
Abstract excerpt
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare genetic disorder, characterized by several clinical features that begin in early childhood, recalling an accelerated aging process. The diagnosis of HGPS is based on the recognition of common clinical features and detection of the recurrent heterozygous c.1824C>T (p.Gly608Gly) mutation within exon 11 in the Lamin A/C encoding gene (LMNA). Besides "typical...
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