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A Korean patient with Morquio B disease with a novel c.13_14insA mutation in the GLB1 gene.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2012
Sohn Young Bae, Park Hyung-Doo, Park Sung Won, Kim Se-Hwa, Cho Sung-Yoon, Ko Ah-Ra, Ki Chang-Seok, Yeau Sunghee, Jin Dong-Kyu
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the GLB1 gene, which encodes acid β-galactosidase, can result in two disease phenotypes: GM1-gangliosidosis (MIM #230500) and Morquio B disease (Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB, MIM #253010). Morquio B disease occurs much more infrequently than GM1-gangliodosis and is characterized by severe skeletal manifestations (dysostosis multiplex) without central nervous system involvement. Here, we report the...
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