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Identification of a common mutation (R245H) in Sanfilippo A patients from The Netherlands.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jun 1998
Weber B, van de Kamp J J, Kleijer W J, Guo X H, Blanch L, van Diggelen O P, Wevers R, Poorthuis B J, Hopwood J J
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a common mutation (R245H) in the sulphamidase gene of Sanfilippo syndrome type A (mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA, MPS IIIA) patients from The Netherlands. Allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization was used to determine the incidence of this mutation in 45 unrelated MPS IIIA patients from different regions of The Netherlands. R245H was present in 51 alleles, representing 56.7% of the total...
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