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Hypermethioninaemia due to methionine adenosyltransferase I/III (MAT I/III) deficiency: diagnosis in an expanded neonatal screening programme.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2008
Couce M L, Bóveda M D, Castiñeiras D E, Corrales F J, Mora M I, Fraga J M, Mudd S H
Abstract excerpt
The Expanded Newborn Screening Program (MS/MS) in the region of Galicia (NW Spain) was initiated in 2000 and includes the measurement of methionine levels in dried blood spots. Between June 2000 and June 2007, 140 818 newborns were analysed, and six cases of persistent hypermethioninaemia were detected: one homocystinuria due to cystathionine β-synthase (CβS) deficiency, and five methionine adenosyltransferase...
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