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Identification of a CTL4/Neu1 fusion transcript in a sialidosis patient.
FEBS letters - 19 Jun 2002
Uhl Johannes, Penzel Roland, Sergi Consolato, Kopitz Jürgen, Otto Herwart F, Cantz Michael
Abstract excerpt
The deficiency of the lysosomal neuraminidase (NEU1; sialidase) causes the storage disorder sialidosis with symptoms ranging from eye abnormalities and neurological disturbances to skeletal malformations, mental retardation and early death. Sialidosis patients encompassing a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms were screened for mutations in neu1. We identified the same homozygous interstitial deletion (11 kb) in...
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