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Hyperornithinaemia associated with gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina:In vivo andIn vitro response to vitamin B6

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Three Japanese cases of hyperornithinaemia due to a defect in ornithine ketoacid transaminase are described. Different types of disease in responsiveness to vitamin B6 were found.In vivo response to B6 correlated within vitro data.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    K. Tada, T. Saito & K. Omura

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    S. Hayasaka & K. Mizuno

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Tada, K., Saito, T., Omura, K. et al. Hyperornithinaemia associated with gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina:In vivo andIn vitro response to vitamin B6 . J Inherit Metab Dis 4, 61–62 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02263591

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