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Gaucher's disease in the United Kingdom: screening non-Jewish patients for the two common mutations.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 1993
Walley A J, Barth M L, Ellis I, Fensom A H, Harris A
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-six patients with Gaucher's disease diagnosed in the United Kingdom and two obligate carriers, all of non-Jewish origin, were screened for the two common disease causing mutations and two rarer mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene. These mutations are referred to as N370S, L444P, Ins84G, and 1066 + 1G-->A, respectively. The results showed that out of 54 alleles screened, 26% were N370S, 35% were L444P,...
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