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DHCR7 mutation carrier rates and prevalence of the RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: where are the patients?
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2006
Nowaczyk Małgorzata J M, Waye John S, Douketis James D
Abstract excerpt
RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz (SLOS) is an inborn error of metabolism with protean manifestations. Its exact incidence and prevalence are not known; however, the carrier rate for the most frequently occurring mutation, the null mutation IVS8-1G > C, is approximately 1 in 100 for the Caucasian population in North America (1%) and possibly as high as 1 in 50 to 1 in 30 in Central European populations (2-3.3%). Based on the...
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