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[Carnitine transporter deficiency is a hereditary disease with a high incidence in the Faroe Islands]
Sissal Djurhuus Poulsen1, Allan Meldgaard Lund, Ernst Christensen
1Klinisk Genetisk Afdeling, Juliane Marie Centret, Rigshospitalet, Denmark. nfv379@alumni.ku.dk
Abstract:
The Faroe Islands has a high incidence of carnitine transporter deficiency (CTD) and several other autosomal recessive diseases. This article describes the reason for the high frequency, in view of the Faroese history and the diagnosis of CTD. Few individuals founded the Faroese population in the 9th century, and subsequent geographic isolation limited genetic diversity in the Islands.
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