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Identification of twelve novel mutations in patients with classic and variant forms of maple syrup urine disease.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2003
Henneke Marco, Flaschker Nadine, Helbling Christoph, Müller Martina, Schadewaldt Peter, Gärtner Jutta, Wendel Udo
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder of panethnic distribution caused by a deficiency of the activity of branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKD) complex. Mutations in the human BCKD genes E1alpha (BCKDHA), E1beta (BCKDHB) and E2 (DBT) are known to result in MSUD, referred to as type Ia, Ib and II mutations respectively. In this study 16 patients with the classic...
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