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Genetic analysis of a Japanese patient with butyrylcholinesterase deficiency.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 1997
Hidaka K, Iuchi I, Tomita M, Watanabe Y, Minatogawa Y, Iwasaki K, Gotoh K, Shimizu C
Abstract excerpt
A patient (64-year-old, male) with familial cholinesterasemia caused by BChE deficiency was studied. DNA sequence analysis of all exons identified a point mutation, an A-->G transition at codon 128, resulting in a Tyr-->Cys substitution. The propositus showed extremely low BChE activity, but his other family members (three individuals) showed from intermediate to normal BChE activity. An immunological method...
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