Gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase deficiency

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Gamma-aminobutyric acid transaminase deficiency

Synonyms: GABA transaminase deficiency

A rare disorder of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) metabolism characterized by a severe neonatal-infantile epileptic encephalopathy (manifesting with symptoms such as seizures hypotonia hyperreflexia and developmental delay) and growth acceleration.

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Advocacy Organizations

Mississippi Metabolics Foundation

Mississippi Metabolics Foundation (MMF) was founded to raise awareness, educate, and provide support to those living or caring for someone with genetic metabolic disorders/inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).

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