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Systemic Manifestations in Pyridox(am)ine 5'-Phosphate Oxidase Deficiency.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Nov 2017
Guerriero Réjean M, Patel Archana A, Walsh Brian, Baumer Fiona M, Shah Ankoor S, Peters Jurriaan M, Rodan Lance H, Agrawal Pankaj B, Pearl Phillip L, Takeoka Masanori
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OBJECTIVE: Pyridoxine is converted to its biologically active form pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P5P) by the enzyme pyridox(am)ine 5'-phosphate oxidase and serves as a cofactor in nearly 200 reactions in the central nervous system. Pyridox(am)ine 5'-phosphate oxidase deficiency leads to P5P dependent epilepsy, typically a neonatal- or infantile-onset epileptic encephalopathy treatable with P5P or in some cases,...
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