Hypomyelination and reversible white matter attenuation in 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase deficiency
(2000) In Neuropediatrics 31(6). p.287-292- Abstract
White matter abnormalities are a feature of many inborn errors of metabolism and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain has become an important tool in the diagnostic workup of these disorders. Recently, patients were reported with a potentially treatable disorder of serine biosynthesis. They presented with congenital microcephaly, severe psychomotor retardation and intractable seizures. Low concentrations of the amino acids serine, glycine as well as 5-methyltetrahydrofolate were found in plasma and CSF and were due to a deficiency of the enzyme 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (3-PGDH). We studied four patients aged 10 months to 7 years by MRI before and after treatment with amino acids with a follow-up of 16 months to 6 years.... (More)
White matter abnormalities are a feature of many inborn errors of metabolism and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain has become an important tool in the diagnostic workup of these disorders. Recently, patients were reported with a potentially treatable disorder of serine biosynthesis. They presented with congenital microcephaly, severe psychomotor retardation and intractable seizures. Low concentrations of the amino acids serine, glycine as well as 5-methyltetrahydrofolate were found in plasma and CSF and were due to a deficiency of the enzyme 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (3-PGDH). We studied four patients aged 10 months to 7 years by MRI before and after treatment with amino acids with a follow-up of 16 months to 6 years. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was performed in two patients at 4 and 16 months of treatment. Pre-treatment MRI demonstrated hypomyelination and profound white matter attenuation in all patients. During treatment, a significant increase in white matter volume was found and a progress of myelination in two patients. The most striking finding on MRS during treatment was an elevated level of white matter choline. Serine biosynthesis defects have to be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with mental retardation, microcephaly, seizures, and on MRI hypomyelination and white matter attenuation.
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- author
- De Koning, T. J. LU ; Jaeken, J. ; Pineda, M. ; Van Maldergem, L. ; Poll-The, B. T. and Van der Knaap, M. S.
- publishing date
- 2000-12-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase deficiency, Hypomyelination, MRI, Treatment, White matter attenuation
- in
- Neuropediatrics
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Georg Thieme Verlag
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0034467971
- pmid:11508546
- ISSN
- 0174-304X
- DOI
- 10.1055/s-2000-12944
- language
- English
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- f97c9d3b-417e-45f7-b3c9-54f5dabb9514
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- 2020-03-03 19:12:46
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author = {{De Koning, T. J. and Jaeken, J. and Pineda, M. and Van Maldergem, L. and Poll-The, B. T. and Van der Knaap, M. S.}},
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language = {{eng}},
month = {{12}},
number = {{6}},
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series = {{Neuropediatrics}},
title = {{Hypomyelination and reversible white matter attenuation in 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase deficiency}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2000-12944}},
doi = {{10.1055/s-2000-12944}},
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year = {{2000}},
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