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[Biochemical, hormonal and genetic evaluation of the families of two Brazilian patients with type 2 familial partial lipodystrophy].
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Nov 2013
Caldas Dayse, Silva Júnior Wellington Santana da, Simonetti José Pascoal, Costa Eliane Veiga da, Farias Maria Lucia Fleiuss de
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical, biochemical, hormonal and genetic characteristics of relatives of two patients with familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) type 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty subjects, members of two non-related Brazilian families from two different probands with FPLD phenotype, were evaluated. A mutation in exon 8 of LMNA gene was confirmed in 18 of them, and a heterozygous substitution at codon...
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