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CCBE1 mutation in two siblings, one manifesting lymphedema-cholestasis syndrome, and the other, fetal hydrops.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Shah Sohela, Conlin Laura K, Gomez Luis, Aagenaes Øystein, Eiklid Kristin, Knisely A S, Mennuti Michael T, Matthews Randolph P, Spinner Nancy B, Bull Laura N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lymphedema-cholestasis syndrome (LCS; Aagenaes syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by 1) neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis, often lessening and becoming intermittent with age, and 2) severe chronic lymphedema, mainly lower limb. LCS was originally described in a Norwegian kindred in which a locus, LCS1, was mapped to a 6.6cM region on chromosome 15. Mutations in CCBE1 on...
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