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Case Reports
. 2010 Mar;77(3):302-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01319.x.

The p.P56S mutation in the VAPB gene is not due to a single founder: the first European case

A D Funke, M Esser, A Krüttgen, J Weis, M Mitne-Neto, M Lazar, A L Nishimura, A D Sperfeld, P Trillenberg, J Senderek, M Krasnianski, M Zatz, S Zierz, M Deschauer
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Case Reports

The p.P56S mutation in the VAPB gene is not due to a single founder: the first European case

A D Funke et al. Clin Genet. 2010 Mar.
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Family tree. Family members who are deemed affected based upon family history are marked gray. It is not known if family members I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5, I-6, I-7, and II-2 are still alive.
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