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Screening of 25 Italian patients with Niemann-Pick A reveals fourteen new mutations, one common and thirteen private, in SMPD1.
Human mutation - 1 Jul 2004
Ricci V, Stroppiano M, Corsolini F, Di Rocco M, Parenti G, Regis S, Grossi S, Biancheri R, Mazzotti R, Filocamo M
Abstract excerpt
Niemann-Pick disease (NPD) results from the deficiency of lysosomal acid sphingomyelinase (SMPD1). To date, out of more than 70-disease associated alleles only a few of them have a significant frequency in various ethnic groups. In contrast, the remainder of the mutations are rare or private. In this paper we report the molecular characterization of an Italian series consisting of twenty-five NPD patients with...
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