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X-linked creatine deficiency syndrome: a novel mutation in creatine transporter gene SLC6A8.
Annals of neurology - 1 Aug 2002
Bizzi Alberto, Bugiani Marianna, Salomons Gajja S, Hunneman Donald H, Moroni Isabella, Estienne Margherita, Danesi Ugo, Jakobs Cornelis, Uziel Graziella
Abstract excerpt
Among creatine deficiency syndromes, an X-linked condition related to a defective creatine transport into the central nervous system has been described recently. Hallmarks of the disease are the absence of a creatine signal at brain spectroscopy, increased creatine levels in blood and urine, ineffectiveness of oral supplementation, and a mutation in the SLC6A8 (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man [OMIM] 300036)...
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