Vigabatrin and newer interventions in succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency
β Scribed by Andrea Gropman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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## Abstract We report the successful treatment using lowβdose vigabatrin (21.5β34mg/kg/day) of a 10βyearβold girl with succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency We verified that 4βhydroxybutyric acid (GHB) concentrations in serum, cerebrospinal fluid, and urine continuously decreased i
Succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH; ALDH5A1) deficiency, a rare metabolic disorder that disrupts the normal degradation of GABA, gives rise to a highly heterogeneous neurological phenotype ranging from mild to very severe. The nature of the mutation has so far been reported in patients from