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Genotype-phenotype correlation of a pyridoxine-responsive form of gyrate atrophy.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Dec 1999
Mashima Y G, Weleber R G, Kennaway N G, Inana G
Abstract excerpt
Two clinical subtypes of gyrate atrophy (GA) have been defined based on in vivo or in vitro evidence of response to vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), which is the cofactor of the enzyme ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) shown to be defective in GA. We identified the E318K mutation in the OAT gene, heterozygously in three patients and homozygously in one patient, all of whom were vitamin B6-responsive by previous in vivo...
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