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A wide spectrum of clinical and brain MRI findings in patients with SLC19A3 mutations.
BMC medical genetics - 22 Dec 2010
Yamada Kenichiro, Miura Kiyokuni, Hara Kenju, Suzuki Motomasa, Nakanishi Keiko, Kumagai Toshiyuki, Ishihara Naoko, Yamada Yasukazu, Kuwano Ryozo, Tsuji Shoji, Wakamatsu Nobuaki
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BACKGROUND: SLC19A3 (solute carrier family 19, member 3) is a thiamin transporter with 12 transmembrane domains. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in SLC19A3 cause two distinct clinical phenotypes, biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease and Wernicke's-like encephalopathy. Biotin and/...
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