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HYPERSARCOSINAEMIA

A mess of amino acid metabolism due to deficiency of sarcosine dehydrogenase, causing the sarcosine level to rise in blood plasma and be excreted in the urine; affected infants fail to thrive, are irritable, may have muscle tremors, and have retarded engine and mental development; autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: hypersarcosinaemia.
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