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Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI: Identification of novel mutations on the arylsulphatase B gene in South American patients.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 2005
Petry M F G, Nonemacher K, Sebben J C, Schwartz I V D, Azevedo A C M, Burin M G, de Rezende A R, Kim C A, Giugliani R, Leistner-Segal S
Abstract excerpt
Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, MPS VI) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulphatase (ARSB),which leads to the lysosomal accumulation and excretion of dermatan sulphate (DS). In this study, 13 unrelated MPS VI patients (12 Brazilian and 1 Chilean) were investigated regarding the identification of the ARSB gene mutations using PCR, SSCP and...
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