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[The mutant spectrum of phenylalanine hydroxylase gene in Northern Chinese].
Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2007
Song Fang, Qu Yu-jin, Yang Yan-ling, Jin Yu-wei, Zhang Yu-min, Wang Hong, Yu Wu-zhong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To understand the mutant spectrum of phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene in Northern Chinese. METHODS: All the exons and flaking introns of PAH gene were detected by PCR-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR/SSCP) and sequencing in 230 patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). RESULTS: (1) A total of 75 different mutations were detected in 435 out of 460 mutant alleles (94.6%). Among them 3...
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