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Evidence of common ancestry for the maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) Y438N allele in non-Mennonite MSUD patients.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2002
Love-Gregory Latisha D, Grasela Julia, Hillman Richard E, Phillips Charlotte L
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Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare (1/185,000) autosomal recessive inborn error of branched-chain amino acid metabolism characterized by increased plasma leucine, isoleucine, and valine levels. Though, genetically heterogeneous in the worldwide population, MSUD in Old Order Mennonites (1/150-176) is the result of a tyrosine to asparagine substitution (Y438N; previously Y393N) in the E1alpha subunit of the...
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