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Diagnosis and high incidence of hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinemia (HHH) syndrome in northern Saskatchewan.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2010
Sokoro AbdulRazaq A H, Lepage Joyce, Antonishyn Nick, McDonald Ryan, Rockman-Greenberg Cheryl, Irvine James, Lehotay Denis C
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the SLC25A15 gene, encoding the human inner mitochondrial membrane ornithine transporter, are thought to be responsible for hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinemia (HHH) syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive condition. HHH syndrome has been detected in several small, isolated communities in northern Saskatchewan (SK). To determine the incidence of HHH syndrome in these communities, a PCR...
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