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Dopa-responsive dystonia induced by a recessive GTP cyclohydrolase I mutation.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 1999
Hwu W L, Wang P J, Hsiao K J, Wang T R, Chiou Y W, Lee Y M
Abstract excerpt
GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) biosynthesis. GTPCH has been associated with two clinically distinct human diseases: the recessive hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) and the dominant dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD). We found a recessive GTPCH mutation (R249S, 747C-->G in a dystonia patient. Her PHA-stimulated mononuclear blood cells had a normal amount of GTPCH...
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