Publication Date:
1980-12-05
Description:
In a patient with gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina, an arginine-deficient diet has reduced plasma ornithine concentration fivefold during the past 20 months. Subjective improvement in her visual function was noted approximately 15 months after institution of her diet. This has been documented by improvements in the electroretinogram, dark-adaptation, and color vision. The improvement involves rod and, to a lesser extent, cone function. The results, although preliminary and limited to a single patient, suggest that reduction of plasma ornithine with a low arginine diet is beneficial in this disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kaiser-Kupfer, M I -- de Monasterio, F M -- Valle, D -- Walser, M -- Brusilow, S -- EY-02948/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- RR-52/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Dec 5;210(4474):1128-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7444439" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adult
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Arginine
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Choroid/*pathology
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Color Perception/physiology
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Dark Adaptation
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Dietary Proteins
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Female
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Humans
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Ornithine/*blood
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Photoreceptor Cells/physiology
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Retinal Degeneration/*diet therapy/physiopathology
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Uveal Diseases/diet therapy
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Vision, Ocular
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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