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A prevalent pathogenic GAMT mutation (c.59G>C) in Portugal.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 May 2007
Almeida L S, Vilarinho L, Darmin P S, Rosenberg E H, Martinez-Muñoz C, Jakobs C, Salomons G S
Abstract excerpt
Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency (MIM 601240), an autosomal recessive disorder of creatine biosynthesis, presents with mental retardation, extrapyramidal symptoms, autistic-like behavior and epilepsy. Other hallmarks are cerebral creatine deficiency, increased levels of guanidinoacetate in body fluids and mutations in the GAMT gene. Creatine supplementation partially restores cerebral creatine...
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