Multiplex Snapshot minisequencing for the detection of common PAH gene mutations in Iranian patients with Phenylketonuria

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Background: Phenylketonuria is a common inborn defect of amino acid metabolism in the world. This failure is caused by an autosomal recessive insufficiency of the hepatic enzyme hyperphenylalaninemia (PAH), which catalyzes the irreversible hydroxylation of phenylalanine to tyrosine. More than 1,040 different disease-causing mutations have already been identified in the PAH gene. The most prominent complication of...

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