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Familial hypocholinesterasemia found in a family and a new confirmed mutation.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 1997
Liu W, Hada T, Fukui K, Imanishi H, Matsuoka N, Iwasaki A, Higashino K
Abstract excerpt
A 45-year-old man was hospitalized because of acute hepatitis. His serum cholinesterase (ChE) was below 10 IU/l (normal range: 105-240 IU/l) during the disease course and after his recovery. The patient was suspected of having familial hypocholinesterasemia. His family members were healthy except that his father had hypertension and gall stones. Analysis of ChE gene in the propositus and his family revealed three...
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