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Biochemical Genetics II

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show N-terminal amphipathic helix  
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Nucleus targeting signal   show
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ER targeting signal   show
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Lysosome targeting signal   show
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show C-terminal -SKL near N-terminal -RLX5H/QL  
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size of mitochondrial genome   show
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show 7-10X nuclear  
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copies of mt in cel   show
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show 37 genes (13 resp chain protein, 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs)  
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NuDNA mito-assoc genes   show
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Mitochondrial disease incidence   show
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show nuclear and mt DNA  
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mito disease   show
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heteroplasmy   show
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Mito disease CNS   show
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show RP, optic atrophy, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia  
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show weakness, exercise intolerance, red ragged fibers  
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Mito disease cardiac   show
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Mito disease hematologic   show
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Mito disease endocrine   show
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Mito disease GI   show
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show dysfx, failure  
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Mito disease renal   show
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show 80-90% pts have nuclear defects (e- transport chain) AR inheritance  
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Mt disorders of Resp chain assembly factors   show
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show AR defect in TYMP gene (nuclear)  
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show 5 nuclear genes  
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Leigh syndrome   show
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show heterogeneous with nuclear & mt mutations ~50% SURF1 (inv assembly cyt oxidase, comple IV) PDH mutations Complex I,II,IV def NARP mt DNA mut mt DNA depletion  
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show AR decrease in ratio mt/nuclear DNA  
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show POLG1 TK2 DGUOK TWINKLE others  
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Mito depletion syndrome clinical presentation   show
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LHON   show
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show Neuropathy, ataxia and RP; mostly heteroplasmic missense mutations in ATP synthase (Complex V)  
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show point mutations in MT-rRNA; also associated with susceptibility to aminoglycoside ototoxicity  
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mt tRNA mutations cause   show
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heteroplasmic point muts in mt tRNA(lys)   show
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heteroplasmic point muts in mt tRNA(leu)   show
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show inability to translate several mt proteins and lack of nl processing of transcripts  
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show episodes of metabolic decompensation assoc/ w/ high risk for stroke; acute rx to Arg; 3243A>G tRNA(Leu) 80% 3271T>C tRNA(Leu)7% heteroplasmic  
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show Diabetes and deafness; Pearson syndrome (anemia, 2ndary marrow failure, lactic acidosis, exoncrine pancreatic failure, RTA); CPEO (chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia);Kearns-Sayre (PEO,cardiac conduction block,RP,ataxia,lacticacidosis,sporadic)  
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show increase ratio of lactate to pyruvate or vice versa(peripheral, CNS); inrease of alanine; Brain MRI; Muscle and/or liver biopsy; OxPhos analysis (+enzyme assays) Molecular testing (mt/nuclear DNA, exome)  
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show symptomatic for involved organs; carnitine, coenzyme Q10, riboflavin (comp 1 and 2), antioxidants (vit C, K deravitives) L-arg for MELAS to reduce stroke risk; diet manipulation  
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show CNS, eye, skeletal, skin, clotting, immune system, endocrine, GI, liver, and more  
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Classes of Glycosylation Disorders   show
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show amide linkage to Aspargine N-glycan assembly ER or cytosol; sugars transferred en bloc from dolichol; processing in ER or Golgi ~50% of all known proteins have 1+ N-gly site  
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show linkage through -OH on Ser or Thr; transfer single sugars onto growing glycan backbone includes ABO blood grps, exostoses 1&2 proteins; proteoglycans (with skeletal & connective tissue sx), some congenital muscular dystrophies (POMT1&2, Fukutin, etc.)  
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show Multisystem disorder: 1.hypotonia, IDD, szs, ataxia (cerebellar hypoplasia) 2. RP,strabismus 3.liver disease, coagulopathy 4.FTT, inverted nipples, lipodystrophy 5.death <1yrs to adulthood w/ range of cognitive skills  
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show most common CDG (60-70% of pts) AR phosphomannomutase 2 def abnormal transferrin isoelectric focusing  
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show hepatic/GI symptoms with vomiting, GI bleeding, protein loss enteropathy, liver disease, coagulopathy, hepatic fibrosis minimal neurologic involvement treatment: oral mannose  
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SRD5A3-CDG (Iq) Steroid 5-a-3 reductase deficiency   show
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show transferrin isoelectric focusing (N-linked only) mass spec protein(Tf, apoCIII,...) and urine (N and O linked disorders) false positives (in <30 day old): galactosemia, HFI, recent EtOH use, liver dis, hemolytic uremic syn, Tf prot polymorphisms  
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show cytoplasmic organelles that contain ~50 acidic degradative enzymes  
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show accum of macromolecules usually degraded stored material may cause enlargement of organs and may be visualized in membrane bound vesicles by EM  
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Lysosomal storage disorders (inheritance)   show
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show normal at birth; as material accumulates there is a plateau and then regression: progressive and often fatal; there are milder forms  
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LSD classes   show
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show coarse facies; organomegaly (liver, spleen); eye abnormalities (corneal clouding, cherry red spot, optic atrophy, pigmentary retinopathy), skeletal abnormalities, non-immune hydrops  
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show serum lysosomal enzymes; blood smear; radiological exam; opthalmologic exam; urine mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins, bone marrow, biochemical studies of fibroblasts +/-leukocytes; molecular; others dis specific  
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Mucopolysaccharidoses general clinical presentation   show
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show AR (1/100,000)  
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show onset 6-12 months, death by 5-10 yrs; milder w/o CNS (Scheie IS) Typical MPS presentation; CORNEAL clouding  
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show +ve MPS spot test enzyme assay DNA testing  
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show HSCT transplantation with match donor (slows disease if performed early but no effect on skeletal sx, corneal clouding ERT- improved somatic sx, no effect on CNS (ERT before HSCT)  
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show prominent deafness NO corneal clouding  
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Hunter syndrome (MPS II) inheritance   show
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show +ve MPS spot; enzyme assay; females best diagnosed by DNA (may be neg for MPS spot)  
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Hunter syndrome (MPS II) treatment   show
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show AR 4 distinct loci (A and B most common)  
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Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS III) presentations   show
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show MPS may be + or -; enzyme assay/DNA  
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Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS III) treatment   show
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Morquio syndrome (MPS IVA and B)   show
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Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome (MPS VI)   show
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show severe infantile form; prenatal form with hyrdops/fetal ascites defect in beta-glucuronidase  
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MPS disorders other features   show
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Gaucher disease   show
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Gaucher disease (type I)   show
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show acute neuronopathic- rapidly progressive neurologic disease with hepatosplenomegaly all ethnic groups  
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Gaucher disease (type III)   show
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Gaucher disease (diagnostic)   show
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show GBA (glucoside-b acid) on chr 1 protective allele against CNS: N370S L444P usually type II or III  
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show splenectomy ERT for type I (no effect on type II substrate reduction therapy (miglustat; D-glu analog)  
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Tay Sachs disease (GM2 gangliosidosis) incidence   show
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Tay Sachs presentation   show
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show Tay Sachs Sandhoff Sialidase deficiency Niemann-Pick disease type A GM1 gangliosidosis  
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show hexoseaminidase A (HEXA)  
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Sandhoff disease molecular defect   show
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Tay Sachs/Sandhoff diagnosis   show
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treatment   show
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show Sandhoff disease  
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show X-linked 1/40,000-60,000 males  
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Fabry presentation (males)   show
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Fabry presentation (females)   show
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show enzyme assay (may miss females) heterogeneous mutation analysis (DNA testing best for females)  
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Fabry treatment   show
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show onset <6 mos, hypotonia, irritability, optic atrophy, occ, macrocephaly, elevated CSF prot; leukodystrophy on MRI  
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Krabbe disease diagnosis   show
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Krabbe disease gene   show
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Krabbe disease treatment   show
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Lysosomal proceesing defects   show
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show AR defect in targeting enzymes to lysosome via mannose-6-P (1st step in 2 step Golgi rxn) *MLIII is allelic, milder variant  
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show like Hurler may see neonatal or prenatal onset  
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I cell dis diagnosis   show
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I cell dis treatment   show
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Lysosomal transport disorders   show
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show cystinosis sailic acid storage disease (infantile and adult forms) Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease  
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show AR 1/150,000 NPC1 (95%) and NPC2 (~5%): these play role in intracellular cholesterol trafficking  
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show infantile form with neonatal jaundice later onset forms with ataxia and progressive dementia, psychosis  
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Niemann-Pick type C diagnosis   show
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Niemann-Pick type C treatment   show
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show macrophages  
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Fabry cells with defect   show
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Tay Sachs cells with defect   show
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ERT for Gaucher (I, III)   show
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show Fabrazyme, Replagal  
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show Myozyme  
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ERT for Hurler (MPSI)   show
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ERT for Hunter(MPSII)   show
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show Naglazyme  
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ERT for Lysosomal acid lipase def (Wolman)   show
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show 1.substrate reduction 2.enzyme enhancement-chaperone therapy  
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substrate reduction for LSDs   show
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Perixosomes (features)   show
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show degredation of VLCFA early steps of plasmalogen biosynthesis degredation of phytanic acid selected steps in chol biosynthesis degradation of pipecolic acid, synthesis of bile acid intermediated, glyoxylate metabolism  
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show biogenesis of peroxisomes (16 proteins)  
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show PTS1 - C terminal SKL most common PTS2 - N-terminal membrane unknown  
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Peroxisomal disorders classes   show
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show Zellweger syndrome spectrum; Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP)  
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Px single enzyme defects   show
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Zellweger syndrome spectrum   show
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Zellweger syndrome presentation   show
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show all peroxisomal functions abn no peroxisomes or ghost membranes seen by EM biochemical then molecular  
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show 1/100,000  
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show skeletal dysplasia, cataracts, ichthyotic skin rash, IDD, occ CHD, cleft palate  
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RCDP gene   show
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show low plasmalogens, elevated phytanic acid  
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show progressive x-linked neurodegenerative disorder assoc w/ adrenal involvement  
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X-linked ALD penetrance   show
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show highly variable childhood cerebral-childhood onset, rapid progression adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) - onset 20's - 30's with spastic parparesis adrenal only  
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X-linked ALD presentation (female)   show
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X-linked ALD genetics   show
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show VLCFA molecular esp in females  
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X-linked ALD treatment   show
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X-linked ALD diagnosis   show
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Zellweger spectrum   show
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show decrease plasmalogens VLCFA normal  
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Refsum disease presentation   show
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Refsum disease genetics   show
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Refsum disease diagnosis   show
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Refsum disease treatment   show
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Px clinical features (suggestive)   show
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Laminopathies genes   show
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show Hutchinson-Gilford progeria Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Mandibuloacral dyspasia Generalized lipodystrophy Restrictive dermopathy  
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Niemann-Pick Disease, types A and B genetics/inheritance   show
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Neimann-Pick dis presentation   show
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show enzyme assay molecular sea blue histiocytes in marrow  
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show none  
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show somatic + CNS affected hypotonia, szs, MR ~50% have cherry red spot milder juvenile and adult forms exist  
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show foamy histiocytes in bone marrow enzyme assay of beta-galactosidase (GLB1 gene)  
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show pregnancy, oral contraceptives and some illness can make test inconclusive  
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show late infantile - most pts walk, regression before age of 2; white matter changes, elevated CSF prot  
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Metachromatic Leukodystrophy gene   show
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Metachromatic Leukodystrophy diagnosis   show
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show mannosidosis, aspartylglycosaminuria (AGU), sialidosis, fucosidosis  
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show like mild/mod MPS; fucosidosis has false + sweat test & andiokeratomas; congenital form of sialidosis with fetal ascites  
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show MPS spot -ve enzyme assay characteristic urine oligosaccharides  
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show common in Finland (C163S in 95% of Finnish alleles)  
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Multiple sulfatase deficiency presentation   show
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show AR SUMF1 gene (sulfatase modifying factor 1) def of formylglycine enzyme (catalyzes posttranslational modification of conserved cys in all sulfatases) very rare  
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show +ve urine MPS, enzyme assays molecular  
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show very rare painful deformed joints + subcutaneous nodules IDD  
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show GI disorder with hepatosplenomegaly FTT adrenal Ca++ mild variant is cholesterol ester storage disease  
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show progressive IDD, blindness, szs, hypotonia, a rare cause of neuraxonal dystrophy due to deficiency in lysosomal N-acetylgalactosaminidase  
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Pycnodysostosis   show
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Sphingolipid activator protein (SAPs)   show
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Other single gene Px disorders   show
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