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World distribution of the T833C/844INS68 CBS in cis double mutation: a reliable anthropological marker.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 1999
Pepe G, Vanegas O C, Rickards O, Giusti B, Comeglio P, Brunelli T, Marcucci R, Prisco D, Gensini G F, Abbate R
Abstract excerpt
Mild hyperhomocysteinemia is associated to mutations either in cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) or in 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genes. In 1995, Sebastio et al. characterized a 68 bp insertion in cis with the most common CBS mutation (T833C) detected in homocystinuric patients. Recently, this double mutation has been detected in Italian and North-American controls. Compared to a group of...
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