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A single origin of phenylketonuria in Yemenite Jews.
Nature - 8 Mar 1990
Avigad S, Cohen B E, Bauer S, Schwartz G, Frydman M, Woo S L, Niny Y, Shiloh Y
Abstract excerpt
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a metabolic disease caused by recessive mutations of the gene encoding the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). The incidence of PKU varies widely across different geographic areas, and is highest (about 1 in 5,000 live births) in Ireland and western Scotland, and among Yemenite Jews. A limited number of point mutations account for most of the PKU cases in the European...
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