Article
Methionine adenosyltransferase I/III deficiency: two Korean compound heterozygous siblings with a novel mutation.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2002
Kim S Z, Santamaria E, Jeong T E, Levy H L, Mato J M, Corrales F J, Mudd S H
Abstract excerpt
Two Korean sisters, one detected during neonatal screening, the other ascertained at age 3 years during family screening, have persistent hypermethioninaemia without elevation of plasma tyrosine or severe liver disease. Plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) is mildly elevated, but not so markedly as to establish a diagnosis of homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) deficiency. CBS deficiency was ruled...
Topics
- Amino Acids
- Biomarkers
- DNA
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Diet
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
