GABA Synthesis and Pyridoxine Seizures
Abstract
A reduction in pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) dependent enzyme, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD),which synthesizes GABA, is reported in a 3 month-old infant with seizures responsive to pyridoxine treated at University of California, Davis.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-6-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 44 - 44
Published on: Jun 1, 1994
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1994 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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