title: Mutation analysis of five Japanese families with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and determination of the family members' carrier status using three different methods.
abstract: Mutation analysis for five families with Wiskottt-Aldrich syndrome was performed. The mutations found were two missense mutations, two one-base deletion mutations, and a large deletion mutation in the WASP gene. The three mutations had been reported before, but the remaining two were new. We used the mutation information to determine the carrier status of the female relatives of the patients. Three different approaches were taken depending on the type of mutation, and the carrier determination was successfully performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ariga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakiyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014923:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome