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[Morquio A disease: clinical and molecular study of Tunisian patients].
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 2000
Khedhiri Souhir, Chkioua Latifa, Ferchichi Salima, Miled Abdelhedi, Laradi Sandrine
Abstract excerpt
Type IVA mucopolysaccharidosis or Morquio A disease is a lysosomal storage disease, autosomal recessive, caused by deficiency of the N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase or GALNS. The severe phenotype is characterized by a severe skeletal dysplasia without any mental retardation. The aim of this study was to propose a strategy of molecular and prenatal diagnosis of this pathology. A molecular study was...
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