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Digital clubbing without hypoxia for lysinuric protein intolerance.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2024
Watanabe Daisuke, Tsujioka Yuko, Nakato Daisuke, Yamada Mamiko, Suzuki Hisato, Ohnishi Takuma, Tamai Naotaka, Kijima Toshihide, Takenouchi Toshiki, Miya Fuyuki, Narumi Satoshi, Kosaki Kenjiro
Abstract excerpt
Digital clubbing is characterized by bulbous enlargement of the terminal segments of the fingers. Hypotheses including hypoxia have been proposed for the pathogenesis of digital clubbing, but the exact pathogenesis of digital clubbing is still uncertain. Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is caused by pathogenic variants in SLC7A7 and is often associated with interstitial lung disease. Previously two patients of...
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