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Alternative methionine degradation via the transamination pathway: an option for therapy for homocystinuria due to cystathionine synthase deficiency

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    H. J. Blom & J. M. F. Trijbels

  2. Division of Endocrinology, University Hospital Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    G. H. J. Boers

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    A. Tangerman

  4. National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Human Genetics Branch, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA

    W. A. Gahl

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Blom, H.J., Boers, G.H.J., Tangerman, A. et al. Alternative methionine degradation via the transamination pathway: an option for therapy for homocystinuria due to cystathionine synthase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 14, 375–378 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811707

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