Severe Mandibuloacral Dysplasia-Associated Lipodystrophy and Progeria in a Young Girl with a Novel Homozygous Arg527Cys LMNA Mutation
Author(s) -
Anil K. Agarwal,
Irina Kazachkova,
Svetlana Ten,
Abhimanyu Garg
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2008-0123
Subject(s) - lmna , progeria , lamin , lipodystrophy , biology , missense mutation , short stature , hypoplasia , endocrinology , medicine , genetics , pathology , mutation , anatomy , gene , virus , antiretroviral therapy , viral load
Mandibuloacral dysplasia (MAD) is a rare autosomal recessive progeroid syndrome due to mutations in genes encoding nuclear lamina proteins, lamins A/C (LMNA) or prelamin A processing enzyme, and zinc metalloproteinase (ZMPSTE24).
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