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Genetics of the Berardinelli-Seip syndrome (congenital generalized lipodystrophy) in Norway: epidemiology and gene mapping. Berardinelli-Seip Study Group.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Jun 1996
Gedde-Dahl T, Trygstad O, Van Maldergem L, Magré J, van der Hagen C B, Olaisen B, Stenersen M, Mevåg B
Abstract excerpt
Five of the six families with the Berardinelli-Seip syndrome in Norway cluster in six adjacent rural municipalities of south-western Norway. The six patients from this area were born between 1951 and 1973, none between 1974 and 1995. The absence of new cases may be explained by a decrease in the intraregion marriage rate and inbreeding. Genealogical investigations show that the mutation must have occurred at...
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