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A novel 6 bp insertion in exon 7 associated with an unusual phenotype in a family with Fabry disease.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2002
Kroepfl Th, Paul K, Kotanko P, Plecko B, Paschke E
Abstract excerpt
A male patient presented with oligosymptomatic Fabry disease (end stage renal failure and non-obstructive cardiomyopathy) at around 30 years of age. His leukocyte alpha-galactosidase activity (alpha-gal) was 2.6% of controls. A 50-year-old sister had similar cardiac symptoms and her asymptomatic heterozygous daughter (33 years) had normal enzyme activity. All three patients carried a novel, 6bp insertion on exon...
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