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Forty-eight novel mutations causing biotinidase deficiency.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Mar 2016
Procter Melinda, Wolf Barry, Mao Rong
Abstract excerpt
Biotinidase deficiency is an autosomal recessively inherited disorder that results in the inability to recycle the vitamin biotin and is characterized by neurological and cutaneous symptoms. The symptoms can be ameliorated or prevented by administering pharmacological doses of biotin. Since 2008, approximately 300 samples have been submitted to ARUP's Molecular Sequencing Laboratory for biotinidase mutation...
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