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Mandibuloacral dysplasia type A-associated progeria caused by homozygous LMNA mutation in a family from Southern China.
BMC pediatrics - 7 Oct 2014
Luo Di-Qing, Wang Xiao-Zhu, Meng Yan, He Ding-Yang, Chen Ying-Ming, Ke Zhi-Yong, Yan Ming, Huang Yu, Chen Da-Fang
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BACKGROUND: Mandibuloacral dysplasia type A (MADA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by growth retardation, skeletal abnormality with progressive osteolysis of the distal phalanges and clavicles, craniofacial anomalies with mandibular hypoplasia, lipodystrophy and mottled cutaneous pigmentation. Some patients may show progeroid features. MADA with partial lipodystrophy, more marked acral, can...
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