Das Alström-Syndrom ist eine autosomal rezessive Erkrankung mit Fettsucht, Typ 2 Diabetes, Retinitis pigmentosa, Innenohrschwerhörigkeit und einer langsam progredienten chronischen tubulointerstitiellen Nephritis.
Acanthosis nigricans | |
Beim Alström-Syndrom ist Diabetes und Adipositas von einer Acanthosis nigricans begleitet. |
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Hearn T et al. (2002) Mutation of ALMS1, a large gene with a tandem repeat encoding 47 amino acids, causes Alström syndrome. |
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Minton JA et al. (2006) Syndromic obesity and diabetes: changes in body composition with age and mutation analysis of ALMS1 in 12 United Kingdom kindreds with Alstrom syndrome. |
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Collin GB et al. (1997) Homozygosity mapping at Alström syndrome to chromosome 2p. |
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Orphanet article Orphanet ID 64 |