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Severe 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency and two MTHFR variants in an adolescent with progressive myoclonic epilepsy.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Aug 2014
D'Aco Kristin E, Bearden David, Watkins David, Hyland Keith, Rosenblatt David S, Ficicioglu Can
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BACKGROUND: 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is an inborn error of the folate-recycling pathway that affects the remethylation of homocysteine to methionine. The clinical presentation of MTHFR deficiency is highly variable ranging from early neurological deterioration and death in infancy to a mild thrombophilia in adults. PATIENT AND METHODS: We describe an adolescent girl with a...
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