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Glycine N -methyltransferase deficiency: a new patient with a novel mutation.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 2003
Augoustides-Savvopoulou P, Luka Z, Karyda S, Stabler S P, Allen R H, Patsiaoura K, Wagner C, Mudd S H
Abstract excerpt
We report studies of a Greek boy of gypsy origin that show that he has severe deficiency of glycine N -methyltransferase (GNMT) activity due to apparent homozygosity for a novel mutation in the gene encoding this enzyme that changes asparagine-140 to serine. At age 2 years he was found to have mildly elevated serum liver transaminases that have persisted to his present age of 5 years. At age 4 years,...
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