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Tay-Sachs disease in Brazilian patients: prevalence of the IVS7+1g>c mutation.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 2004
Rozenberg R, Martins A M, Micheletti C, Mustacchi Z, Pereira L V
Abstract excerpt
Seven Brazilian Tay-Sachs disease cases were screened for the most frequent causative mutations. They all presented at least one copy of the IVS7+1g>c mutation. Three patients were homozygotes, three were compound heterozygotes, and in one case only the mother was tested and shown to carry the IVS7+1g>c mutation. In the second allele the compound heterozygotes presented: R178H (the DN allele), InsTATC1278 and an...
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