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Finding the PRKAR1A gene The first to be discovered gene associated with Carney Complex (CNC) was the PRKAR1A Gene. It’s considered one of the main genes for CNC. Of the 750 CNC cases documented worldwide 70% carry a mutation on this gene. The other 30% have a different underlying geneticContinue Reading

Carney Complex Clovers rare community

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During Jennifer‘s first visit to the NIH in 2004 she had asked Dr. C. Stratakis if there was a patient group for Carney Complex, he answered: ‘Not yet. But maybe you could start one?’ At the time she was 19 and didn‘t really see any sense to it or wayContinue Reading