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Further evaluation of Vigabatrin therapy in 4-hydroxybutyric aciduria

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Abbreviations

GABA:

gamma-aminobutyric acid

4-HB:

4-hydroxybutyric acid

SSADH:

succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. Jakobs

  2. Free University, University Children's Hospital, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    T. Michael & E. Jaeger

  3. Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Gasthuysberg, Leuven, Belgium

    J. Jaeken

  4. Metabolic Disease Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    K. M. Gibson

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Jakobs, C., Michael, T., Jaeger, E. et al. Further evaluation of Vigabatrin therapy in 4-hydroxybutyric aciduria. Eur J Pediatr 151, 466 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959366

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