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Complex arylsulfatase A alleles causing metachromatic leukodystrophy.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1994
Kappler J, Sommerlade H J, von Figura K, Gieselmann V
Abstract excerpt
Metachromatic leukodystrophy is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of arylsulfatase A. Sequencing of the arylsulfatase A genes of a patient affected with late infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy revealed that the patient is a compound heterozygote of two alleles carrying two deleterious mutation each. One allele bears a splice donor site mutation together with two polymorphisms and an...
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