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Molecular and phenotypic variation in patients with severe Hunter syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Mar 1997
Timms K M, Bondeson M L, Ansari-Lari M A, Lagerstedt K, Muzny D M, Dugan-Rocha S P, Nelson D L, Pettersson U, Gibbs R A
Abstract excerpt
Severe Hunter syndrome is a fatal X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by iduronate-2-sulphatase (IDS) deficiency. Patients with complete deletion of the IDS locus often have atypical phenotypes including ptosis, obstructive sleep apnoea, and the occurrence of seizures. We have used genomic DNA sequencing to identify several new genes in the IDS region. DNA deletion patients with atypical symptoms have been...
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