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Case report: discovery of 2 gene variants for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency in 2 African American siblings.
BMC neurology - 9 Jan 2020
Monteleone Berrin, Hyland Keith
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BACKGROUND: Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency is a rare genetic disorder with heterogeneous phenotypic spectrum resulting from disease-causing variants in the dopa decarboxylase (DDC) gene. Consensus guidelines recommend dopamine agonists, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and other symptomatic treatments, but most patients have an unrelenting disease course with no response to these therapies....
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