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Clinical findings and effect of sodium hydrogen carbonate in patients with glutathione synthetase deficiency.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Apr 2016
Gündüz Mehmet, Ünal Özlem, Kavurt Sumru, Türk Emrecan, Mungan Neslihan Önenli
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glutathione synthetase (GS) deficiency is a rare inborn error of glutathione (GSH) metabolism manifested by severe metabolic acidosis, hemolytic anemia, neurological problems and massive excretion of pyroglutamic acid (5-oxoproline) in the urine. The disorder has mild, moderate, and severe clinical variants. We aimed to report clinical and laboratory findings of four patients, effect of sodium...
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