Clinical diagnosis and mutation analysis of four Chinese families with succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency

Abstract Background Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessively-inherited defect of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) metabolism. The absence of SSADH, which is encoded by aldehyde dehydrogenase family 5 member A1 (ALDH5A1) gene, leads to the accumulation of GABA...

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Main Authors: Ping Wang, Fengying Cai, Lirong Cao, Yizheng Wang, Qianqian Zou, Peng Zhao, Chao Wang, Yuqin Zhang, Chunquan Cai, Jianbo Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12881-019-0821-z