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Recurrent and novel mutations of GCDH gene in Chinese glutaric acidemia type I families.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2000
Tang N L, Hui J, Law L K, Lam Y Y, Chan K Y, Yeung W L, Chan A Y, Cheung K L, Fok T F
Abstract excerpt
Glutaric acidemia type I is caused by mutations of the glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase (GCDH) gene resulting in loss of GCDH enzyme activity. Patients present with progressive dystonia and lesions in basal ganglia. Dietary treatment, when instituted from the early neonatal period, markedly reduces dys...
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