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Abnormal Metabolism of Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids Associated with Brain Dysfunction

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Handbook of Neurochemistry

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This chapter is a review of present biochemical knowledge of those abnormalities of the metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids which are associated with disorders of the central nervous system. The reader is referred to Vol. III, Chapter 8, of the Handbook for fuller discussion of the normal metabolism of these compounds in brain. However, attention will be called to gaps in our knowledge of normal metabolism which the study of these metabolic lusus naturae has brought to light.

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Gaull, G.E. (1972). Abnormal Metabolism of Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids Associated with Brain Dysfunction. In: Lajtha, A. (eds) Handbook of Neurochemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7172-8_9

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