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Two novel point mutations in the cytochrome b 558 heavy chain gene, detected in two Japanese patients with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease

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Two novel point mutations in the gp91-phox gene of two Japanese with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease were identified by sequence analysis of polymerase chain reaction amplified DNA fragments

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, Japan

    Tadashi Ariga, Yukio Sakiyama & Shuzo Matsumoto

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Ariga, T., Sakiyama, Y. & Matsumoto, S. Two novel point mutations in the cytochrome b 558 heavy chain gene, detected in two Japanese patients with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease. Hum Genet 94, 441 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00201609

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