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Metachromatic leukodystrophy: identification of the first deletion in exon 1 and of nine novel point mutations in the arylsulfatase A gene.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1997
Draghia R, Letourneur F, Drugan C, Manicom J, Blanchot C, Kahn A, Poenaru L, Caillaud C
Abstract excerpt
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a lysosomal storage disease caused by the deficiency of arylsulfatase A (ASA), is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, and its frequency is estimated to be 1 in 40,000 live births. Genomic DNA from 21 MLD patients (14 late-infantile and 7 juvenile cases) was amplified in four overlapping PCR fragments and tested by allele-specific oligonucleotide (ASO) for the two common...
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