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Molecular genetics of mucopolysaccharidosis type I: mutation analysis among the patients of the former Soviet Union.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Oct 1998
Voskoboeva E Y, Krasnopolskaya X D, Mirenburg T V, Weber B, Hopwood J J
Abstract excerpt
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS-I) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder resulting from a deficiency of the lysosomal protein alpha-l-iduronidase (IDUA). Patients present within a broad spectrum of phenotypes from severe (Hurler syndrome) to clinically less severe (Scheie syndrome). Since 1982 a special program for the diagnosis and prevention of lysosomal storage diseases has operated in the...
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