Frontiers | Epidemiology and Genetics of Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI in Russia
Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the arylsulfatase B gene (ARSB) and consequent deficient activity of ARSB, a lysosomal enzyme involved in glycosaminoglycan (s) (GAGs) metabolism. Here we present the results study of ARSB DNA analysis in MPS VI patients in the Russian Federation (RF) and other republics of Former Soviet Union. In a cohort of 68 patients (57 families) with MPS VI, a total of 28 different pathogenic allele...
United Kingdom Dubrovacko Neretvanska Moskovskaya Oblast Chechnya And Ingushetiya Baden Wüberg Yaroslavskaya Oblast
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