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Identification of the second common Jewish Gaucher disease mutation makes possible population-based screening for the heterozygous state.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Dec 1991
Beutler E, Gelbart T, Kuhl W, Sorge J, West C
Abstract excerpt
Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive glycolipid storage disease characterized by a deficiency of glucocerebrosidase. The disease is most common in persons of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry and the most common mutation, accounting for about 75% of the mutant alleles in this population, is known to be an A----G substitution at cDNA nucleotide (nt) 1226. Screening for this disease has not been possible because...
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