Successful treatment of dihydropteridine reductase deficiency, with an interesting effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan deficiency on sleep patterns.
Lipson AH, Earl JW, Wilcken B, Yu JS, O'Halloran M, Cotton RG.
Lipson AH, et al.
J Inherit Metab Dis. 1991;14(1):49-52. doi: 10.1007/BF01804388.
J Inherit Metab Dis. 1991.
PMID: 1861459
We report a child in whom dihydropteridine reductase deficiency was diagnosed prenatally because of an affected sibling and who was treated from birth with apparent good response. This family has been reported before (Firgaira et al., 1980, 1981, 1983; Lipson et al. …
We report a child in whom dihydropteridine reductase deficiency was diagnosed prenatally because of an affected sibling and who was t …