Hypermethioninemia due to glycine N-methyltransferase deficiency

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Hypermethioninemia due to glycine N-methyltransferase deficiency

Synonyms: Glycine N-methyltransferase deficiency | Hypermethioninemia due to GNMT deficiency

Hypermethioninemia due to glycine N-methyltransferase deficiency is a rare genetic inborn error of metabolism characterized by a relatively benign clinical phenotype with only mild to moderate hepatomegaly reported in addition to laboratory studies revealing permanent greatly increased hypermethioninemia mild to moderate elevation of aminotransferases and highly elevated plasma S-adenosyl-methionine with normal S-adenosylhomocysteine and total homocysteine.

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