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Copper toxicosis gene MURR1 is not changed in Wilson disease patients with normal blood ceruloplasmin levels.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Apr 2006
Weiss Karl Heinz, Merle Uta, Schaefer Mark, Ferenci Peter, Fullekrug Joachim, Stremmel Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To analyze our Wilson disease patient cohort (n=106) for alterations in the gene coding for MURR1. METHODS: Patients with an established diagnosis of Wilson disease but normal ceruloplasmin blood levels were chosen for our study (n = 14). Patients with two known disease-causing mutations in the ATP7B gene were not included. The three exons of the human MURR1 gene were sequenced after amplification of the...
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