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55-base pair deletion in certain patients with Gaucher disease complicates screening for common Gaucher alleles.
American journal of medical genetics - 18 Dec 1996
Tayebi N, Stern H, Dymarskaia I, Herman J, Sidransky E
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene which result in Gaucher disease can originate from the highly homologous glucocerebrosidase pseudogene. A 55-bp deletion in exon 9, which corresponds to a 55-bp segment absent from the pseudogene, has been identified in patients with Gaucher disease. We have developed a simple polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method to detect this 55-bp deletion, and have found this...
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