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Cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency: effects of betaine supplementation after methionine restriction in B6-nonresponsive homocystinuria.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Singh Rani H, Kruger Warren D, Wang Liqun, Pasquali Marzia, Elsas Louis J
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PURPOSE: For treatment of cystathionine beta-synthase (CbetaS) deficiency, we determined the effect of betaine (N,N,N-trimethylglycine) therapy and examined the genotype-phenotype relationships to betaine. METHODS: In five patients with B6-nonresponsive homocystinuria, we defined the CbetaS genotypes and determined metabolic responses to betaine as an additive to traditional dietary methionine restriction....
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