Chitotriosidase deficiency in the Cypriot population: identification of a novel deletion in the CHIT1 gene Gavriella Mavrikiou, Petros Petrou, Theodoros Georgiou and Anthi Drousiotou Department of Biochemical Genetics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus Corresponding Author: Anthi Drousiotou Department of Biochemical Genetics The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics P.O. Box 23462, Nicosia 1683, Cyprus Email: anthidr@cing.ac.cy Phone: +357-22-392643 Fax: +357-22-392768