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Severe obesity and diabetes insipidus in a patient with PCSK1 deficiency.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2000
Frank Graeme R, Fox Joyce, Candela Ninfa, Jovanovic Zorica, Bochukova Elena, Levine Jeremiah, Papenhausen Peter R, O'Rahilly Stephen, Farooqi I Sadaf
Abstract excerpt
Non-synonymous mutations affecting both alleles of PCSK1 (proprotein convertase 1/3) are associated with obesity and impaired prohormone processing. We report a proband who was compound heterozygous for a maternally inherited frameshift mutation and a paternally inherited 474kb deletion that encompasses PCSK1, representing a novel genetic mechanism underlying this phenotype. Although pro-vasopressin is not a...
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