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Natural course of glutamine synthetase deficiency in a 3 year old patient

Journal

MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM
Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages 89-91

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.02.001

Keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Chronic encephalopathy; Neonatal onset seizures; Hyperammonemia; Arab; Qatar consanguinity

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Glutamine deficiency with hyperammonemia due to an inherited defect of glutamine synthetase (GS) was found in a 2 year old patient. He presented neonatal seizures and developed chronic encephalopathy. Thus, GS deficiency leads to severe neurological disease but is not always early lethal. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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