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SUBMITTER: Edelmann L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC379096 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Edelmann Lisa L Dong Jianli J Desnick Robert J RJ Kornreich Ruth R
American journal of human genetics 20020213 4
Mutations in the MCOLN1 gene cause mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV), a severely debilitating, autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disorder. Approximately 80% of patients with MLIV are of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) descent, and two mutations, IVS3-2A-->G and 511del6434, account for >95% of the mutant alleles in this population. To determine the carrier frequencies of these two mutations, 2,029 anonymous, unrelated, unaffected AJ individuals from the greater New York metropolitan area were screened. A m ...[more]