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Glutaric aciduria type I in the Arab and Jewish communities in Israel.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 1996
Anikster Y, Shaag A, Joseph A, Mandel H, Ben-Zeev B, Christensen E, Elpeleg O N
Abstract excerpt
Mutation analysis was performed in eight families (16 patients) with glutaric aciduria type I (GA-I), which were all the families diagnosed in Israel in the years 1987-1994. Six families were of Moslem origin and two were non-Ashkenazi Jews. The entire coding region of the cDNA of the glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase gene was sequenced in one patient of each family. Seven new mutations were identified in 15 of 16...
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