Erschienen in:
01.03.2006 | Brief Report
Clinical and molecular findings in a family with the carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome
verfasst von:
Danny Lotan, Arik Eisenkraft, Jeffrey M. Jacobsson, Omer Bar-Yosef, Robert Kleta, Nurit Gal, Lisa Raviv-Zilka, Hagar Gore, Yair Anikster
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 3/2006
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Abstract
Carbonic anhydrase II (CA2) deficiency syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder leading to osteopetrosis, renal tubular acidosis, and cerebral calcifications. Affected members of an Arab family with the CA2 deficiency syndrome carried the “Egyptian mutation” in CA2, i.e., c.191 del A, H64fsX90. One affected member, homozygote for the mutation, developed primary pulmonary hypertension. Primary pulmonary hypertension was never described before in patients with this unique syndrome. The likelihood of both occurring randomly in a single individual is very low. We therefore speculate that there might be a possibility of an etiologic link between these entities.