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RFLP-patterns in Japanese PKU families: new polymorphisms for the mutant phenylalanine hydroxylase gene

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New RFLP patterns are present in Japanese families with members suffering from phenylketonuria indicating a deletion at the 3′ end of the PAH-gene.

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  1. Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Friedrich K. Trefz, Frank Aengeneyndt, Brigitte Schmidt-Mader, Uta Lichter-Konecki & David S. Konecki

  2. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University, School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, 830, Kurume, Japan

    M. Yoshino & A. Nishiyori

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Trefz, F.K., Yoshino, M., Nishiyori, A. et al. RFLP-patterns in Japanese PKU families: new polymorphisms for the mutant phenylalanine hydroxylase gene. Hum Genet 85, 121–122 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276336

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