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Purine Metabolism in Friedreich's Ataxia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

P. Draper ,
B. Lemieux ,
I. H. Fox  and
D. Shapcott
P. Draper
Affiliation:
Le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and the Purine Research Laboratory, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto
B. Lemieux
Affiliation:
Le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and the Purine Research Laboratory, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto
I. H. Fox
Affiliation:
Le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and the Purine Research Laboratory, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto
D. Shapcott
Affiliation:
Le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and the Purine Research Laboratory, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto
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In a detailed investigation of nucleotide synthesis, intercom'ersion and degradation, no difference was found between subjects with Friedreich's Ataxia and normal controls. It appears improbable that this disorder is related to a primary defect in purine metabolism.

Type
Quebec Cooperative Study of Friedreich's Ataxia
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 143 - 147
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1978

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