Demyelination of the brain is associated with methionine adenosyltransferase I/III deficiency

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1021-1027

  Chamberlin, Margaret E ^a   Ubagai, Tsuneyuki ^a   Mudd, S Harvey ^b   Wilson, William G ^c   Leonard, James V ^d   Chou, Janice Yang ^a,e  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

brain demyelination; genetic mutations; methionine adenosyltransferase deficiency

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETHIONINEMIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029788238     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118862     Document Type: Article

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