Glycine encephalopathy (GE) is caused by an inherited deficiency of the glycine cleavage system (GCS) and characterized by accumulation of glycine in body fluids and various neurologic symptoms.

A total of 14 patients referred to Molecular Diagnostics & Protein Unit, Institute for Medical Research in the years 2006–2012 were included in the study. These patients exhibited signs and ...

Glycine encephalopathy: This occurs when there is too much of the amino acid glycine in the brain. It can affect brain function. Encephalopathy and encephalitis both affect the brain, but there ...

There are several types of encephalopathy: glycine encephalopathy (which mainly occurs in children and can sometimes be inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder), hepatic encephalopathy ...

or Glycine Encephalopathy, a metabolic disease that affects just one in 76,000 children with most not making it to their fifth birthday. “There’s only one other child in South Carolina and ...