Article
Chitotriosidase activity as additional biomarker in the diagnosis of lysosomal storage diseases.
Ukrainian biochemical journal - 1 Jan 2000
Olkhovych N V
Abstract excerpt
To date, several genetic variants that lead to a deficiency of chitotriosidase activity have been described. The duplication of 24 bp (dup24bp) in exon 10 of the CHIT1 gene, which causes a complete loss of enzymatic activity of the gene product, is the most common among the European population. The aim of the study was to evaluate the possibility of using chitotriosidase activity as an additional biomarker in...
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