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. 1996 Jan 1;24(1):127–131. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.1.127

PAH Mutation Analysis Consortium Database: a database for disease-producing and other allelic variation at the human PAH locus.

L Hoang 1, S Byck 1, L Prevost 1, C R Scriver 1
PMCID: PMC145593  PMID: 8594560

Abstract

The PAH Mutation Analysis Consortium (81 investigators, 26 countries) is engaged in mutation detection at the human PAH locus. Ascertainment of probands occurs largely through newborn screening for hyperphenylalaninemia. A relational database records allelic variation (disease-producing and polymorphic) at the locus. Information is distributed by Newsletter, diskette (WINPAHDB software stand-alone executable on IBM compatible hardware), and at a 'real' site on the Worldwide Web (http://www.mcgill.ca/pahdb). The database presently records (Sept. 27, 1995) 248 alleles in 798 different associations (with polymorphic haplotype, geographic region and population) along with additional information. The database, as a record of human genetic diversity, at a particular locus, contributes to the study of human evolution and demic expansion; it also has medical relevance.

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