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Homozygous LIPE mutation in siblings with multiple symmetric lipomatosis, partial lipodystrophy, and myopathy.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jan 2017
Zolotov Sagit, Xing Chao, Mahamid Riad, Shalata Adel, Sheikh-Ahmad Mohammed, Garg Abhimanyu
Abstract excerpt
Despite considerable progress in identifying causal genes for lipodystrophy syndromes, the molecular basis of some peculiar adipose tissue disorders remains obscure. In an Israeli-Arab pedigree with a novel autosomal recessive, multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL), partial lipodystrophy and myopathy, we conducted exome sequencing of two affected siblings to identify the disease-causing mutation. The 41-year-old...
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