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Phenotype and genotype in mucolipidoses II and III alpha/beta: a study of 61 probands.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2010
Cathey S S, Leroy J G, Wood T, Eaves K, Simensen R J, Kudo M, Stevenson R E, Friez M J
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BACKGROUND: Mucolipidoses II and III alpha/beta (ML II and ML III) are lysosomal disorders in which the essential mannose 6-phosphate recognition marker is not synthesised on to lysosomal hydrolases and other glycoproteins. The disorders are caused by mutations in GNPTAB, which encodes two of three subunits of the heterohexameric enzyme, N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase. OBJECTIVES: Clinical, biochemical...
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