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Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia: early diagnosis may be effective in preventing deafness.
The Turkish journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Onal Hasan, Bariş Safa, Ozdil Mine, Yeşil Gözde, Altun Gürkan, Ozyilmaz Isa, Aydin Ahmet, Celkan Tiraje
Abstract excerpt
Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by diabetes mellitus, megaloblastic anemia and sensorineural hearing loss. Mutations in the SLC19A2 gene, encoding a high-affinity thiamine transporter protein, THTR-1, are responsible for the clinical features associated with thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome in which treatment with pharmacological...
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