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Unusual enzyme findings in five patients with metabolic profiles suggestive of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (4-hydroxybutyric aciduria)

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Gibson, K.M., Sweetman, L., Kozich, V. et al. Unusual enzyme findings in five patients with metabolic profiles suggestive of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (4-hydroxybutyric aciduria). J Inherit Metab Dis 21, 255–261 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005368106563

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