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Arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency in healthy Brazilian individuals.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Aug 1999
Pedron C G, Gaspar P A, Giugliani R, Pereira M L
Abstract excerpt
Molecular alterations associated with arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency (ASA-PD) were characterized by PCR and restriction endonuclease analysis in a sample of healthy individuals from Brazil. ASA activity was also assayed in all subjects. Two individuals homozygous for the N350S and 1524+95A<--G mutations were detected, corresponding to a frequency of 1.17% (4 of 324 alleles). The individual frequency of the...
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