Tay-Sachs Disease, Volume 44 (Advances in Genetics)
by Robert J. Desnick
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with references to "Ashkenazi Jewish".
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... 30% of Ashkenazi obligate heterozygotes carried this mu- tation. Myerowitz and Costigan (1988) subsequently reported a second a-chain mutation in Ashkenazi Jewish patients, ... "
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with references to "Ashkenazi Jewish".
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... Type B NPD is panethnic, whereas Ashkenazi Jewish have a higher incidence of type A NPD; the estimated carrier frequency for type A NPD in this population is ... "
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Management of Patients at High Risk for Breast Cancer
by Victor G. Vogel M.D.
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with references to "Ashkenazi Jewish".
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... high pretest probabilities of BRCAI and BRCA2 gene mutations, particularly when combined with young age at diagnosis, affected relatives, or Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry (75,76). Thus any individual with breast and ovarian cancer should be evaluated for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer. Absence of this ... "
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The Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, Volume 1 (Volume 1)
by Charles R. Scriver
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with references to "Ashkenazi Jewish".
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... mutant alleles, for example, for Tay-Sachs disease and for one or two alleles of the breast cancer BRCA1 gene in Ashkenazi Jewish populations. A somewhat similar phenomenon is seen in Finnish populations. The first serious attempt to estimate human mutation rates was ... "
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