Biochemical studies in liver, muscle, and cultured fibroblasts were carried out in seven patients with Friedreich ataxia. Lowered activity of pyruvate carboxylase was shown in liver and cultured fibroblasts in all instances.
A deficiency of pyruvate carboxylase in Friedreich's ataxia
✍ Scribed by Dijkstra, U.J.; Willems, J.L.; Joosten, E.M.G.; Gabreëls, F.J.M.
- Book ID
- 121774653
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-8467
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