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[Type 1 glucose transporter (Glut1) deficiency: manifestations of a hereditary neurological syndrome].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Pascual J M, Lecumberri B, Wang D, Yang R, Engelstad K, De Vivo D C
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To define this genetic syndrome. DEVELOPMENT: The constellation of infantile epilepsy, acquired microcephaly and hypoglychorrachia is characteristic of glucose transporter type 1 (Glut1) deficiency syndrome, a prototype neurometabolic disorder caused by inheritable mutations in the gene SLC2A1. All known mutations reduce the function of Glut1 in the blood brain barrier and thus limit brain glucose...
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