Mutations and phenotypes in dihydropteridine reductase deficiency in Italy

Pteridines

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 103-106

  De Sanctis, Luisa ^a   Alliaudi, Carla ^a   Spada, Marco ^a   Cerone, Roberto ^b   Biasucci, Giacomo ^c   Blau, Nenad ^d   Ponzone, Alberto ^a,e   Dianzani, Irma ^a,f  

^a Univcrsita Degli Studi di Torino   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE;

BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; ITALY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029988254     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.1996.7.3.103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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