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Gene responsible for mitochondrial myopathy and sideroblastic anemia (MSA) maps to chromosome 12q24.33.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 May 2004
Casas Kari, Bykhovskaya Yelena, Mengesha Emebet, Wang Dai, Yang Huiying, Taylor Kent, Inbal Aida, Fischel-Ghodsian Nathan
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial myopathy and sideroblastic anemia (MSA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of oxidative phosphorylation and iron metabolism. Individuals with MSA present with weakness and anemia in late childhood and may become dependent on blood transfusions. Recently, we reported affected sibling pairs from a Jewish-Iranian kindred living in the US [Casas and Fischel-Ghodsian, 2003]. A genome scan and fine...
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