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Residual OCTN2 transporter activity, carnitine levels and symptoms correlate in patients with primary carnitine deficiency
1 Jan 2014
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of primary carnitine deficiency (PCD) in the Faroe Islands is the highest reported in the world (1:300). Serious symptoms related to PCD, e.g. sudden death, have previously only been associated to the c.95A > G/c.95A > G genotype in the Faroe Islands. We report and characterize novel mutations associated with PCD in the Faroese population and report and compare free carnitine levels and...
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