2024
ARSA Variant Associated With Late Infantile Metachromatic Leukodystrophy and Carrier Rate in Individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry
Rabin R, Hirsch Y, Booth K, Hall P, Yachelevich N, Mistry P, Ekstein J, Pappas J. ARSA Variant Associated With Late Infantile Metachromatic Leukodystrophy and Carrier Rate in Individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2024, e63919. PMID: 39473378, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63919.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descentAshkenazi Jewish descentARSA geneIndividuals of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestryFounder variantAshkenazi Jewish populationJewish descentAshkenazi Jewish ancestryBi-allelic pathogenic variantsCompound heterozygous stateNeurodegenerative lysosomal storage diseaseGait abnormalitiesPhysical declineScreening programProtein modelsMetachromatic leukodystrophyPathogenic variantsJewish ancestryCompound heterozygosityLysosomal storage diseaseGenesArsAHeterozygous stateSevere phenotypeLate infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy
1992
Genetic diagnosis of Gaucher's disease
Mistry PK, Smith SJ, Ali M, Cox T, Hatton C, McIntyre N. Genetic diagnosis of Gaucher's disease. The Lancet 1992, 339: 889-892. PMID: 1348297, DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)90928-v.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWild-type alleleMolecular basisGene analysisPoint mutationsMutationsGaucher diseaseAshkenazi Jewish descentAmplification refractory mutation systemGlucocerebrosidase geneGenetic counsellingAllelesCommon mutationsGenetic diagnosisPolymerase chain reactionUnrelated patientsPseudogenesDiverse ethnic originsGlucocerebrosidaseGenesChain reactionMutation systemJewish descentPrimersRefractory mutation system