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Severe phenotype in MPS II patients associated with a large deletion including contiguous genes.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2012
Brusius-Facchin Ana Carolina, De Souza Carolina Fischinger Moura, Schwartz Ida Vanessa D, Riegel Mariluce, Melaragno Maria Isabel, Correia Patrícia, Moraes Lúcia Marques, Llerena Juan, Giugliani Roberto, Leistner-Segal Sandra
Abstract excerpt
Hunter disease or mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is an X-linked recessive lysosomal disorder caused by the deficiency of iduronate-2-sulfatase, which is involved in the catabolism of the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) heparan and dermatan sulphate. Our aim was to analyze three patients with severe Hunter syndrome that showed a total deletion of the iduronate-2-sulphatase (IDS) gene, after exon by exon PCR. DNA...
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