Guanidino compounds in guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency, a new inborn error of creatine synthesis

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1189-1193

  Stockler S ^a   Marescau, B ^b   De Deyn, P P ^b   Trijbels, J M F ^b   Hanefeld, F ^b  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0030833384     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90215-8     Document Type: Article

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