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[Genetics of Gaucher's disease. Genotype-phenotype correlation].
Medicina clinica - 1 Sept 2011
Alfonso Palacín Pilar, Pocoví Miguel
Abstract excerpt
Gaucher's disease (GD) results from a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase and, in very rare occasions, a deficiency of its activator, the saposin C. The complexity of identification and characterization of mutations in the gene of glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) is caused by a great amount of mutated alleles, the existence of a highly homologous pseudogene and its location in a very rich zone in...
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