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  • Title: Platelet taurine uptake in spinocerebellar degeneration.
    Author: Filla A, Butterworth RF, Geoffroy G, Lemieux B, Barbeau A.
    Journal: Can J Neurol Sci; 1978 Feb; 5(1):119-23. PubMed ID: 647487.
    Abstract:
    The uptake of 14C-taurine was studied in the platelets of 20 ataxic patients and 20 age-matched normal control subjects. No significant differences were found in uptake or kinetics of taurine between the two groups of subjects. If a transport defect in taurine exists in Friedreich's ataxia, it is not present in all tissues. Preliminary indication was obtained in favor of heterogenity of the uptake pattern between ataxic individuals.
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