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Genetic analysis of isolated persistent hypermethioninemia with dominant inheritance.
Acta paediatrica Japonica : Overseas edition - 1 Oct 1997
Nagao M, Oyanagi K
Abstract excerpt
We describe a type of mild hypermethioninemia due to a point mutation in the MATA1 gene, which was inherited dominantly in a family. Three patients coming from the same family pedigree were detected by the presence of isolated hypermethioninemia on a mass-screening program. The measurement of methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) activity in a patient's liver revealed a partial deficiency of hepatic MAT with a...
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