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Identification of Variants Underlying Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency in Saudi Arabia.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 May 2023
Balobaid Ameera, Imtiaz Faiqa, Ramzan Khushnooda, Afzal Sibtain, AlSayed Moeenaldeen
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Background: Deleterious mutations in the human gene phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) encoding the phenylalanine hydroxylase enzyme give rise to classic phenylketonuria and hyperphenylalaninemia. Our study was designed to characterize the spectrum of variants in the PAH gene in Saudi patients. Materials and Methods: We screened a cohort of 72 Saudi patients with clinical and biochemical diagnoses of...
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