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Expanding the phenotype of hawkinsinuria: new insights from response to N-acetyl-L-cysteine.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Nov 2016
Gomez-Ospina Natalia, Scott Anna I, Oh Gia J, Potter Donald, Goel Veena V, Destino Lauren, Baugh Nancy, Enns Gregory M, Niemi Anna-Kaisa, Cowan Tina M
Abstract excerpt
Hawkinsinuria is a rare disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can manifest with metabolic acidosis and growth arrest around the time of weaning off breast milk, typically followed by spontaneous resolution of symptoms around 1 year of age. The urinary metabolites hawkinsin, quinolacetic acid, and pyroglutamic acid can aid in identifying this condition, although their relationship to the clinical manifestations is...
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