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A Frame-Shift Mutation in CAV1 Is Associated with a Severe Neonatal Progeroid and Lipodystrophy Syndrome.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Schrauwen Isabelle, Szelinger Szabolcs, Siniard Ashley L, Kurdoglu Ahmet, Corneveaux Jason J, Malenica Ivana, Richholt Ryan, Van Camp Guy, De Both Matt, Swaminathan Shanker, Turk Mari, Ramsey Keri, Craig David W, Narayanan Vinodh, Huentelman Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
A 3-year-old female patient presenting with an unknown syndrome of a neonatal progeroid appearance, lipodystrophy, pulmonary hypertension, cutis marmorata, feeding disorder and failure to thrive was investigated by whole-genome sequencing. This revealed a de novo, heterozygous, frame-shift mutation in the Caveolin1 gene (CAV1) (p.Phe160X). Mutations in CAV1, encoding the main component of the caveolae in plasma...
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