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Urinary Mucopolysaccharides in Acheiropodia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

P.A.S. Mourão
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Paulista School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil
S.P.A. Toledo*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Clinic Hospital, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil
C.P. Dietrich
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Paulista School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil
*
Dpt. of Medicine (Genetic Unit), Clinic Hospital, P.O. Box 8091, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

Abstract

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Urinary mucopolysaccharides from three patients with acheiropodia were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed by agar gel electrophoresis coupled with enzymatic degradation. Although no abnormal pattern was characterized, eventual metabolic dysfunction detected only in bone/cartilage tissues could not be ruled out.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1977

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