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Central nervous system hyperexcitability associated with glutamate dehydrogenase gain of function mutations.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Mar 2005
Raizen David M, Brooks-Kayal Amy, Steinkrauss Linda, Tennekoon Gihan I, Stanley Charles A, Kelly Andrea
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe seizure phenotypes associated with the hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome (HI/HA), which is caused by gain of function mutations in the enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH). STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of records of 14 patients with HI/HA. RESULTS: Nine patients had seizures as the first symptom of HI/HA, and six had seizures in the absence of hypoglycemia. No...
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