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Genealogy, natural history, and phenotype of Alström syndrome in a large Acadian kindred and three additional families.
American journal of medical genetics - 12 Dec 1997
Marshall J D, Ludman M D, Shea S E, Salisbury S R, Willi S M, LaRoche R G, Nishina P M
Abstract excerpt
We describe a large Acadian kindred including 8 Alstrom Syndrome (AS) patients, with an age range of 4 to 26 at the time of clinical assessment. The affected subjects come from 5 nuclear families within this kindred. The phenotype includes early childhood retinopathy, progressive sensorineural hearing loss, truncal obesity, and acanthosis nigricans. In addition, hyperinsulinemia and hypertriglyceridemia with...
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