Identification of iduronate sulfatase gene alterations in 70 unrelated Hunter patients.
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Froissart R, Maire I, Millat G, Cudry S, Birot AM, Bonnet V, Bouton O, Bozon D
Identification of iduronate sulfatase gene alterations in 70 unrelated Hunter patients.
Clin Genet. 1998 May;53(5):362-8.
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We studied 70 unrelated Hunter patients and found a gene alteration in every patient. The molecular heterogeneity was very important. Large gene rearrangements were identified in 14 patients. Forty-three different mutations were identified in the 56 other patients and 31 were not previously described. Deletions and insertions, splice site mutations were associated with a severe phenotype as nonsense mutations except Q531X. Only a few mutations were present in several patients making difficult genotype-phenotype correlations. Mutation identification allows accurate carrier detection improving prenatal diagnosis. The mother was not found to be a carrier in five cases among the 44 sporadic cases. Haplotype analysis demonstrated a higher frequency of mutations in male meiosis.