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Severe congenital lipodystrophy and a progeroid appearance: Mutation in the penultimate exon of FBN1 causing a recognizable phenotype.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2013
Takenouchi Toshiki, Hida Mariko, Sakamoto Yoshiaki, Torii Chiharu, Kosaki Rika, Takahashi Takao, Kosaki Kenjiro
Abstract excerpt
Recently, three marfanoid patients with congenital lipodystrophy and a neonatal progeroid appearance were reported. Although their phenotype was distinct from that of classic Marfan syndrome, they all had a truncating mutation in the penultimate exon, i.e., exon 64, of FBN1, the causative gene for Marfan syndrome. These patients might represent a new entity, but the exact phenotypic and genotypic spectrum remains...
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