Article
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I: identification of common mutations that cause Hurler and Scheie syndromes in Japanese populations.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1996
Yamagishi A, Tomatsu S, Fukuda S, Uchiyama A, Shimozawa N, Suzuki Y, Kondo N, Sukegawa K, Orii T
Abstract excerpt
alpha-L-Iduronidase (IDUA) deficiency (mucopolysaccharidosis type I; MPS-I) is an inborn error of lysosomal degradation of glycosaminoglycans that results in storage of undegraded glycosaminoglycans in lysosomes. Previous studies in Caucasian populations showed that (1) homozygosity or compound heterozygosity for the W402X and Q70X mutations are the common causes of MPS-I with a severe form (Hurler syndrome), and...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- Exons
- Female
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Infant
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
