One-methyl group metabolism in non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia: Mildly elevated cerebrospinal fluid homocysteine levels

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 799-811

  Van Hove, J L K ^a,d   Lazeyras, F ^a   Zeisel, S H ^b   Bottiglieri, T ^c   Hyland, K ^c   Charles, H C ^a   Gray, L ^a   Jaeken, J ^d   Kahler, S G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; BACLOFEN; BENZOIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINE; CLONAZEPAM; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYSTEINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LORAZEPAM; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PREDNISONE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SALBUTAMOL; SERINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCINEMIA; INFANT; KINETICS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEWBORN; RADIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; BENZOIC ACID; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOLINE; COMA; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEIZURES; SERINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 0031772484     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005462400552     Document Type: Article

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