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Evidence for defective threonine metabolism in non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Experience with two cases of non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia has provided some evidence for defective threonine metabolism.

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    I. Krieger (Professor of Pediatrics, Director) & M. Nigro

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    I. Krieger (Professor of Pediatrics, Director) & M. Nigro

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Krieger, I., Nigro, M. Evidence for defective threonine metabolism in non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia. J Inherit Metab Dis 6, 40–43 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391192

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