| Literature DB >> 14595661 |
Katrin Ergezinger1, Reinhard Jeschke, Georg Frauendienst-Egger, Herbert Korall, K Michael Gibson, Volker H Schuster.
Abstract
We report the successful treatment using low-dose vigabatrin (21.5-34 mg/kg/day) of a 10-year-old girl with succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency We verified that 4-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) concentrations in serum, cerebrospinal fluid, and urine continuously decreased in parallel with significant clinical improvement. Our results suggest that GHB quantification in physiological fluids may be a useful laboratory parameter for monitoring efficacy of vigabatrin treatment in SSADH deficiency.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14595661 DOI: 10.1002/ana.10752
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422