Neonatal glycine encephalopathy: biochemical and neuropathologic findings.
Title
Neonatal glycine encephalopathy: biochemical and neuropathologic findings.
Creator
Agamanolis D P; Potter J L; Lundgren D W
Publisher
Pediatric neurology
Date
1993
1993-04
Description
A patient with neonatal glycine encephalopathy who had severe neurologic retardation, spasticity, and seizures died at 17 years of age. Glycine concentration was markedly elevated in brain tissue, especially in the cerebellum. Neuropathologic study revealed spongy myelinopathy throughout the central nervous system and calcium oxalate crystals in the cerebellum, which are probably derived from degradation of glycine. Myelinopathy appeared to be static compared to neonatal patients. The neurologic manifestations of neonatal glycine encephalopathy are probably due to neurotransmitter abnormalities, not to myelin damage.
Subject
Adolescent; Amino Acid Metabolism; Amino Acids/blood; Brain Diseases; Brain/pathology; Calcium Oxalate/blood; Child; Crystallization; Follow-Up Studies; Glycine/*blood; Humans; Inborn Errors/genetics/*pathology; Infant; Male; Metabolic/genetics/*pathology; Myelin Sheath/*pathology; Newborn; Preschool; Spinal Cord/pathology
Identifier
Rights
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Citation
Agamanolis D P; Potter J L; Lundgren D W, “Neonatal glycine encephalopathy: biochemical and neuropathologic findings.,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed May 10, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/3390.