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A novel TAZ gene mutation and mosaicism in a Polish family with Barth syndrome.
Annals of human genetics - 1 May 2015
Zapała Barbara, Płatek Teresa, Wybrańska Iwona
Abstract excerpt
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked recessive disease primarily affecting males. Clinically, the disease is characterized by hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, chronic/cyclic neutropenia, 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, growth retardation and respiratory chain dysfunction. It is caused by mutations in the TAZ gene coding for the tafazzin protein which is responsible for cardiolipin...
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