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Prenatal diagnosis was performed in a family affected by generalized glutathione synthetase deficiency. The disorder is transmitted by autosomal recessive inheritance. The first child born in this family died of the disorder at 6 weeks of age. Prenatal diagnosis was performed in two subsequent pregnancies. Amniotic fluid samples were collected by amniocentesis in the 16th and 17th weeks of pregnancy, respectively. In the case of the second pregnancy the concentration of 5-oxoproline in the amniotic fluid was measured by stable isotope dilution, while both stable isotope dilution and glutathione synthetase activity measurements were employed in the prenatal analysis of the third pregnancy. The 5-oxoproline concentration in the second pregnancy was even lower than that of the controls and in the case of the third pregnancy the results fell within the control range. The second pregnancy resulted in the birth of a clinically healthy girl, and the outcome of 5-oxoproline concentration in a urine sample taken just after birth confirmed the unaffected state. The third pregnancy resulted in the birth of a healthy boy at term, and the 5-oxoproline concentration in his urine and the glutathione synthetase activity in haemolysates were determined. The results confirmed that this infant was also unaffected and he apparently had two normal alleles for the enzyme.
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Erasmus, E., Mienie, L.J., de Vries, W.N. et al. Prenatal analysis in two suspected cases of glutathione synthetase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 16, 837–843 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00714275
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