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Hyperprolinaemia type I and white matter disease: coincidence or causal relationship?

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Eur J Pediatr, 149 (1): 40--42 (October 1989)

Abstract

We describe a 10-year-old boy with hyperprolinaemia type I and severe neurological abnormalities (mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, nystagmus). Magnetic resonance imaging showed diffuse white matter involvement and electroretinography confirmed tapetoretinal degeneration. In view of reports in the literature, hyperprolinaemia type I may not be a benign condition, as usually assumed, but may lead to marked neurological abnormalities, particularly in affected males.

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