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Identification of a common novel mutation in Saudi patients with argininosuccinic aciduria.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 2005
Al-Sayed M, Alahmed S, Alsmadi O, Khalil H, Rashed M S, Imtiaz F, Meyer B F
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a common novel mutation (Q354X) in the argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) gene in Saudi patients with argininosuccinic aciduria (ASAuria; McKusick 207900). The two index patients were siblings, had a neonatal onset of the disease and were diagnosed based on the clinical presentation and confirmed by analysis of their dried blood spots (DBS) by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). The ASL gene was then...
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