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Identification of a novel arylsulfatase B gene mutation in three unrelated Iranian mucopolysaccharidosis type-VI patients with different phenotype severity.
Iranian biomedical journal - 1 Jan 2012
Nouri Nayerossadat, Nouri Nargesossadat, Aryani Omid, Kamalidehghan Behnam, Houshmand Massoud
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mucopolysaccharidosis type-VI (MPS-VI), which is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, results from the deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase (arylsulfatase B) activity and the lysosomal accumulation of dermatan sulfate. In this study, ARSB mutation analysis was performed on three unrelated patients who were originally from the West Azerbaijan province of Iran. METHODS: After PCR and...
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