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Combined defects of muscle phosphofructokinase and AMP deaminase in a child with myoglobinuria.
Neurology - 1 Jan 1998
Bruno C, Minetti C, Shanske S, Morreale G, Bado M, Cordone G, DiMauro S
Abstract excerpt
A 14-year-old boy with exercise-related myalgia and cramps had several episodes of myoglobinuria since early childhood. An episode at 2 years of age caused acute renal failure. Histochemical and biochemical analysis of muscle showed a combined defect of phosphofructokinase (PFK) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) deaminase. DNA analysis showed that the patient was homozygous for a G-to-C substitution at codon 39...
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