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[New mutation in a young woman diagnosed with Niemann-Pick disease type C].
Medicina clinica - 3 Jun 2016
Lario Ana, de Miguel Carlos, Ojeda Emilio, Gil Santiago, Coll María J, Alfonso Pilar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJETIVE: To describe a new molecular variant of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) in a 27 year-old patient with splenomegaly and abolition of osteotendinous reflexes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: NPC1 is the main gene with described mutation in NPC disease. Here we report a case with a new mutation, p.N916S, not described before in a patient diagnosed with NPC. RESULTS: p.N916S was described as a cause...
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