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Clinical and biochemical characterization of patients with early infantile onset of autosomal recessive GTP cyclohydrolase I deficiency without hyperphenylalaninemia.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jan 2011
Opladen Thomas, Hoffmann Georg, Hörster Friederike, Hinz Anne-Bärbel, Neidhardt Katharina, Klein Christine, Wolf Nicole
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase (GTPCH) type I deficiency is characterized by complex neurological dysfunction. Patients are usually diagnosed with hyperphenylalaninemia in newborn screening. We describe two unrelated patients without hyperphenylalaninemia who presented during early infancy with severe motor retardation, hypokinesia, and truncal hypotonia. CSF homovanillic acid and...
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