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Alkaptonuria in Russia: mutational spectrum and novel variants.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2021
Bychkov Igor, Kamenets Elena, Kurkina Marina, Rychkov Georgiy, Ilyushkina Alexandra, Filatova Aleksandra, Guseva Darya, Baydakova Galina, Nekrasov Andrey, Cheblokov Aleksandr, Skoblov Mikhail, Zakharova Ekaterina
Abstract excerpt
Alkaptonuria is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in HGD gene. Here we report the results of genetic and biochemical analysis of 49 Russian patients with alkaptonuria. One of the common variants c.481G > A; p.(Gly161Arg) comprising 72.4% of identified alleles was found in 45 of 49 patients in our cohort, which is probably the highest frequency of this variant worldwide. 9 novel variants were found: 6...
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