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PKU in Minas Gerais State, Brazil: mutation analysis.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2008
Santos L L, Castro-Magalhães M, Fonseca C G, Starling A L P, Januário J N, Aguiar M J B, Carvalho M R S
Abstract excerpt
This work was undertaken in order to ascertain the PKU mutational spectrum in Minas Gerais, Brazil, the relative frequency of the mutations in the State and the origin of these mutations by haplotype determination. Minas Gerais is a trihybrid population formed by miscegenation from Europeans, Africans and Amerindians. All 13 exons of the PAH gene from 78 PKU patients were analyzed, including splicing sites and...
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