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Liver transplantation for treatment of severe S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2000
Strauss Kevin A, Ferreira Carlos, Bottiglieri Teodoro, Zhao Xueqing, Arning Erland, Zhang Shucha, Zeisel Steven H, Escolar Maria L, Presnick Nancy, Puffenberger Erik G, Vugrek Oliver, Kovacevic Lucija, Wagner Conrad, Mazariegos George V, Mudd S Harvey, Soltys Kyle
Abstract excerpt
A child with severe S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) deficiency (AHCY c.428A>G, p.Tyr143Cys; c.982T>G, p.Tyr328Asp) presented at 8 months of age with growth failure, microcephaly, global developmental delay, myopathy, hepatopathy, and factor VII deficiency. Plasma methionine, S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), and S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) were markedly elevated and the molar concentration ratio of...
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