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Clinical, neuroimaging, and genetic features of L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in Arab kindreds.
Annals of Saudi medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Faiyaz-Ul-Haque Muhammad, Al-Sayed Moeenaldeen D, Faqeih Eissa, Jamil Masood, Saeed Anjum, Amoudi Mohamed Saleh, Kaya Namik, Abalkhail Halah, Al-Abdullatif Ahmed, Rashed Mohamed, Al-Owain Mohammed, Peltekova Iskra, Zaidi Syed H E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria is a neurometabolic disorder with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance in which patients exhibit elevated L-2-hydroxyglutaric acid in body fluids, central nervous system manifestations, and increased risk of brain tumor formation. Mutations in L2HGDH gene have been described in L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria patients of different ethnicities. The present...
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