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Exome Sequencing Identifies a Biallelic GALNS Variant (p.Asp233Asn) Causing Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA in a Pakistani Consanguineous Family.
Genes - 27 Sept 2022
Ghafoor Saima, Silveira Karina da Costa, Qamar Raheel, Azam Maleeha, Kannu Peter
Abstract excerpt
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) type IVA is a lysosomal storage disease that mainly affects the skeletal system and is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase (GALNS). The condition can mistakenly be diagnosed as a primary skeletal dysplasia such as spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia, which shares many similar phenotypic features. Here, we utilised whole exome sequencing to make the...
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