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Misleading behavioural phenotype with adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2009
Gitiaux Cyril, Ceballos-Picot Irène, Marie Sandrine, Valayannopoulos Vassili, Rio Marlène, Verrieres Séverine, Benoist Jean François, Vincent Marie Françoise, Desguerre Isabelle, Bahi-Buisson Nadia
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Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency is a rare autosomal disorder of de novo purine synthesis, which results in the accumulation of succinylpurines in body fluids. Patients with adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency show a variable combination of mental retardation, epilepsy and autistic features and are usually discovered during screens for unexplained encephalopathy using the Bratton-Marshall assay that reveals the...
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