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Evolutionary hypothesis of the Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2013
Vuch J, Marcuzzi A, Bianco A M, Tommasini A, Zanin V, Crovella S
Abstract excerpt
Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency (MKD) is an autosomal-recessively inherited disorder of cholesterol biosynthesis with higher prevalence in the Netherlands and other North European countries. MKD is due to mutations in the second enzyme of mevalonate pathway (mevalonate kinase, MK/MVK) which results in reduced enzymatic activity and in the consequent shortage of downstream compounds. In most severe cases the...
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