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The spectrum of mutations of the aspartoacylase gene in Canavan disease in non-Jewish patients.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jun 1999
Elpeleg O N, Shaag A
Abstract excerpt
Canavan disease is an infantile neurodegenerative disease that is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme aspartoacylase. It has mainly been reported in Jewish families. Genotyping of newly diagnosed patients is essential for the carrier identification and prenatal diagnosis. The sequence of the coding region was determined in 15 non-Jewish patients and 9 new mutations were identified: Y109X, P183H,...
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