Maternal methionine adenosyltransferase I/III deficiency: Reproductive outcomes in a woman with four pregnancies

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 443-458

  Mudd, S H ^a   Tangerman, A ^b   Stabler, S P ^c   Allen, R H ^c   Wagner, C ^d   Zeisel, S H ^e   Levy, H L ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GESTATION PERIOD; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; MOTHER; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POINT MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCTION; TRANSAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; CYSTATHIONINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MILK, HUMAN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0042329126     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025121326959     Document Type: Article

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