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[Study of taurine levels in the blood and urine of patients with hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration].
Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952) - 1 Jan 1990
Magalov Sh I, Arzumanova K G
Abstract excerpt
Measurements were made of the content of taurine in the blood and urine of 25 patients with Friedreich's ataxia and 13 patients suffering from Pierre Marie syndrome as well as of their 55 phenotypically healthy relatives. A high excretion of taurine with urine was found as was a direct relationship between the content of that amino acid and the intensity of ataxic disorders. The content of taurine in the urine of...
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