Abstract
We describe the fortuitous discovery of a 44-year-old man with a very high hyperpipecolataemia (250 mumol/L; normal < 2.5). This patient has none of the clinical features seen in peroxisomal diseases, he is a strictly normal intelligent adult. A stereochemical study of this pipecolic acid was performed using D-amino acid oxidase, and identified it as L-pipecolic acid. We suggest that isolated L-hyperpipecolataemia may be a benign trait
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 624-626 |
Journal | Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1996 |