Successful treatment of a guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficient patient: findings with relevance to treatment strategy and pathophysiology.
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Verbruggen KT, Sijens PE, Schulze A, Lunsing RJ, Jakobs C, Salomons GS, van Spronsen FJ
Successful treatment of a guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficient patient: findings with relevance to treatment strategy and pathophysiology.
Mol Genet Metab. 2007 Jul;91(3):294-6. Epub 2007 Apr 26.
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Biochemical and developmental results of treatment of a guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficient patient with a mild clinical presentation and remarkable developmental improvement after treatment are presented. Treatment with creatine (Cr) supplementation resulted in partial normalization of cerebral (measured with magnetic resonance proton spectroscopy) and plasma levels of Cr and guanidinoacetate (GAA). Addition of high dose ornithine to the treatment led to further normalization of plasma GAA, while cerebral Cr and GAA did not improve further.