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A variant serum cholinesterase and a confirmed point mutation at Gly-365 to Arg found in a patient with liver cirrhosis.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Mar 1992
Hada T, Muratani K, Ohue T, Imanishi H, Moriwaki Y, Itoh M, Amuro Y, Higashino K
Abstract excerpt
A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of possible liver cirrhosis. His serum cholinesterase was anomalously low with a delta pH of 0.1 (normal range; 0.8-1.1). His enzyme was more heat-labile than the normal controls. Km value of his enzyme for benzoylcholine was 1.1 x 10(-5) mol/l, while that for normal controls was 2.3 x 10(-6) mol/l. In addition, isozymic alteration of his enzyme was observed....
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