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Human mutations affecting branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 3 Jun 1998
Danner D J, Doering C B
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease results from defective function of the branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex [BCKD] within the matrix of the mitochondria. This disorder in humans is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait with an incidence of 1 in 150,000 live-births in the general population and 1/176 for the Mennonite population. Over 50 different causal mutations are known to exist scattered among...
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