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Two Decades after Mandibuloacral Dysplasia Discovery: Additional Cases and Comprehensive View of Disease Characteristics.
Genes - 26 Sept 2021
Jéru Isabelle, Nabil Amira, El-Makkawy Gehad, Lascols Olivier, Vigouroux Corinne, Abdalla Ebtesam
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic variants in the LMNA gene cause a group of heterogeneous genetic disorders, called laminopathies. In particular, homozygous or compound heterozygous variants in LMNA have been associated with "mandibuloacral dysplasia type A" (MADA), an autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by mandibular hypoplasia, growth retardation mainly postnatal, pigmentary skin changes, progressive osteolysis of the distal...
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