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Persistence of the common Hartnup disease D173N allele in populations of European origin.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2007
Azmanov Dimitar N, Rodgers Helen, Auray-Blais Christiane, Giguère Robert, Bailey Charles, Bröer Stefan, Rasko John E J, Cavanaugh Juleen A
Abstract excerpt
Hartnup disorder is an aminoaciduria that results from mutations in the recently described gene SLC6A19 on chromosome 5p15.33. The disease is inherited in a simple recessive manner and ten different mutations have been described to date. One mutation, the D173N allele, is present in 42% of Hartnup chromosomes from apparently unrelated families from both Australia and North America. We report an investigation of...
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