Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (Hurler syndrome): Linkage disequilibrium indicates the presence of a major allele
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Human Genetics
- Vol. 88 (6) , 701-702
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02265303
Abstract
Two polymorphisms exist in the α-l-iduronidase (IDUA) gene, the gene that is defective in mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I), viz. aKpnI polymorphism and a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphism with three common alleles. The analysis of allele and haplotype frequencies for these two polymorphisms in the normal population and in MPS I patients revealed the presence of linkage disequilibrium. The frequency of the 2,2 (VNTR,KpnI) allele in MPS I patients was 57% compared with only 37% in the normal population. The implications for the presence of a major MPS I allele and the ability to predict patient phenotype are discussed.Keywords
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