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The genetic locus for free sialic acid storage disease maps to the long arm of chromosome 6.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 1994
Haataja L, Schleutker J, Laine A P, Renlund M, Savontaus M L, Dib C, Weissenbach J, Peltonen L, Aula P
Abstract excerpt
Salla disease (SD), or adult-type free sialic acid storage disease, is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by impaired transport of free sialic acid across the lysosomal membrane and severe psychomotor retardation. Random linkage analysis of a sample of 27 Finnish families allowed us to localize the SD locus to the long arm of chromosome 6. The highest lod score of 8.95 was obtained...
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