Association between nuclear lamin A/C R482Q mutation and partial lipodystrophy with hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes

Genome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 652-658

  Hegele, Robert A ^a   Anderson, Carol M ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Jones, Doreen C ^a   Cao, Henian ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LAMIN TYPE A; LAMINS; LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034074434     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.10.5.652     Document Type: Letter

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