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Germline and somatic mosaicism in a female carrier of Hunter disease.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 1997
Froissart R, Maire I, Bonnet V, Levade T, Bozon D
Abstract excerpt
Carrier detection in a mucopolysaccharidosis type II family (Hunter disease) allowed the identification of germline and somatic mosaicism in the patient's mother: the R443X mutation was found in a varying proportion in tested tissue (7% in leucocytes, lymphocytes, and lymphoblastoid cells, and 22% in fibroblasts). The proband's sister carries the at risk allele (determined by haplotype analysis), but not the...
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