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Differences between predicted and established diagnoses of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome in the Polish population: underdiagnosis or loss of affected fetuses?
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2010
Jezela-Stanek Aleksandra, Ciara Elżbieta, Małunowicz Ewa, Chrzanowska Krystyna, Latos-Bieleńska Anna, Krajewska-Walasek Małgorzata
Abstract excerpt
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is a metabolic disorder in which an error in cholesterol biosynthesis results in congenital anomalies/mental deficits. The results of our previous newborn screening, based on the carrier frequency of the two most common SLOS-causing mutations in Poland (p.W151X and p.V326L), would make SLOS one of the most frequent recessive disorders in our country (with an incidence of 1:2,300...
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