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Genomic and biochemical analysis of repeatedly observed variants in DBT in individuals with maple syrup urine disease of Central American ancestry.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2022
Billington Charles J, Chapman Kimberly A, Leon Eyby, Meltzer Beatrix W, Berger Seth I, Olson Matthew, Figler Robert A, Hoang Steve A, Wanxing Cui, Wamhoff Brian R, Collado M Sol, Cusmano-Ozog Kristina
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an intoxication-type inherited metabolic disorder in which hyperleucinemia leads to brain swelling and death without treatment. MSUD is caused by branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase deficiency due to biallelic loss of the protein products from the genes BCKDHA, BCKDHB, or DBT, while a distinct but related condition is caused by loss of DLD. In this case series, eleven...
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