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Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and gigantism syndrome.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Jul 1997
Skyllouriotis M L, Marx M, Bittner R E, Skyllouriotis P, Gross M, Wimmer M
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We report a 20-year-old man with gigantism syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, muscle weakness, exercise intolerance, and severe psychomotor retardation since childhood. Histochemical and biochemical analysis of skeletal muscle biopsy revealed myoadenylate deaminase deficiency; molecular genetic analysis confirmed the diagnosis of primary (inherited) myoadenylate deaminase deficiency. Plasma, urine, and muscle...
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