Molecular analysis of the hydroxymethylb
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Franco Martinez di Montemuros; Elena Di Pierro; Silvia Fargion; Gianfranco Biolc
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal disorder caused by molecular abnormalities in the hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS) gene coding for the third enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. So far, more than 160 different mutations responsible for AIP have been identified in this gene.