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SUBMITTER: Hao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4224091 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 20141103
Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) has been recognized as an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease. Here we report a patient who suffered from spinal cord demyelination combined with HHcy. The patient was admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of acute myelitis. However, hormone therapy was ineffective. Further investigations revealed that he had HHcy and a homozygous mutation of the gene encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) c.677C>T, which is a key enzyme invo ...[more]