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Cutis laxa with pulmonary emphysema, conjunctivochalasis, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, abnormal hair, and a novel FBLN5 mutation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2014
Kantaputra Piranit Nik, Kaewgahya Massupa, Wiwatwongwana Atchareeya, Wiwatwongwana Damrong, Sittiwangkul Rekwan, Iamaroon Anak, Dejkhamron Prapai
Abstract excerpt
We report on a 4-year-old girl with autosomal recessive cutis laxa, type IA, or pulmonary emphysema type (ARCL1A; OMIM #219100), with loose and wrinkled skin, mitral and tricuspid valve prolapse, conjunctivochalasis, obstructed nasolacrimal ducts, hypoplastic maxilla, and early childhood-onset pulmonary emphysema. Mutation analysis of FBLN5 showed a homozygous c.432C>G missense mutation, and heterozygosity in the...
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- Adult
- Child, Preschool
- Conjunctiva
- Cutis Laxa
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
