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Hunter syndrome among Jews in Israel.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Jan 1994
Ben-Simon-Schiff E, Zlotogora J, Abeliovich D, Zeigler M, Bach G
Abstract excerpt
Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis II) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of iduronate sulfatase (IDS), the gene of which is located at Xq28. A relatively high frequency of Hunter disease among Ashkenazi and Moroccan Jews in Israel was observed. Genetic analysis of the patients with Hunter disease in these ethnic groups indicated the absence of new mutations and a two-fold...
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