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Multimodal imaging of striatal degeneration in Amish patients with glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2007
Strauss Kevin A, Lazovic Jelena, Wintermark Max, Morton D Holmes
Abstract excerpt
Despite early diagnosis, one-third of Amish infants with glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (GA1) develop striatal lesions that leave them permanently disabled. To better understand mechanisms of striatal degeneration, we retrospectively studied imaging results from 25 Amish GA1 patients homozygous for 1296C>T mutations in GCDH. Asymptomatic infants had reduced glucose tracer uptake and increased blood volume...
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