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Behav Neurol
September 2024
Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Introduction: AADCd is an ultrarare, underdiagnosed neurometabolic disorder for which a screening test (3-OMD dosing on dried blood spot (DBS)) and targeted gene therapy (authorized in the EU and the UK) are available. Therefore, it is mandatory to raise awareness of presenting symptoms and signs among practitioners. Delivering scientifically sound information to promote screening of patients with the correct cluster of symptoms and signs would be critical.
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July 2024
Department of Developmental Neurology, Medical University of Gdansk, ul. Debinki 7, Gdansk 80-952, Poland.
Mol Syndromol
March 2024
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Introduction: Sepiapterin reductase deficiency (SRD) is an exceedingly rare neurotransmitter disease caused by an enzyme error involved in the synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). It has been described in nearly 60 cases so far. The clinical manifestations include motor and speech delay, axial hypotonia, dystonia, weakness, oculogyric crises, diurnal fluctuation, and improvement of symptoms during sleep.
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June 2024
Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Unit, Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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