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ABSTRACT: Background
Mutations in the gene encoding the nuclear membrane protein lamin A/C have been associated with at least 7 distinct diseases including autosomal dominant dilated cardiomyopathy with conduction system disease, autosomal dominant and recessive Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B, autosomal recessive type 2 Charcot Marie Tooth, mandibuloacral dysplasia, familial partial lipodystrophy and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria.Methods
We used mutation detection to evaluate the lamin A/C gene in a 45 year-old woman with familial dilated cardiomyopathy and conduction system disease whose family has been well characterized for this phenotype 1.Results
DNA from the proband was analyzed, and a novel 2 base-pair deletion c.908_909delCT in LMNA was identified.Conclusions
Mutations in the gene encoding lamin A/C can lead to significant cardiac conduction system disease that can be successfully treated with pacemakers and/or defibrillators. Genetic screening can help assess risk for arrhythmia and need for device implantation.
SUBMITTER: MacLeod HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC169171 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
MacLeod Heather M HM Culley Mary R MR Huber Jill M JM McNally Elizabeth M EM
BMC medical genetics 20030710
<h4>Background</h4>Mutations in the gene encoding the nuclear membrane protein lamin A/C have been associated with at least 7 distinct diseases including autosomal dominant dilated cardiomyopathy with conduction system disease, autosomal dominant and recessive Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B, autosomal recessive type 2 Charcot Marie Tooth, mandibuloacral dysplasia, familial partial lipodystrophy and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria.<h4>Methods</h4>We used mut ...[more]