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Segregation of mutations in arylsulphatase E and correlation with the clinical presentation of chondrodysplasia punctata.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Sheffield L J, Osborn A H, Hutchison W M, Sillence D O, Forrest S M, White S J, Dahl H H
Abstract excerpt
Sixteen males and two females with symmetrical (mild) type of chondrodysplasia punctata were tested for mutations in the X chromosome located arylsulphatase D and E genes. We identified one nonsense and two missense mutations in the arylsulphatase E gene in three males. No mutations were detected in the arylsulphatase D gene. Family studies showed segregation of the mutant genes establishing X linked inheritance...
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