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Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinemia. Deficient formation of guanidinoacetic acid from arginine.

Patients with gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina have 10- to 20-fold increased ornithine concentrations in body fluids and significantly reduced activity of ornithine aminotransferase in lymphocytes and cultured fibroblasts. We administered intravenous arginine to six patients and six controls...

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Main Authors: Sipilä, I, Simell, O, Arjomaa, P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1980
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC371642/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7419715
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