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Gwyn McCreanor

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English biochemist (f).

Biography of Gwyn McCreanor

Gwyn McCreanor obtained her PhD in 1985. She is (2004) consultant clinical biochemist, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering.

Bibliography

  • M. A. Salih, D. A. Bender, G. McCreanor:
    Lethal familial pellagra-like skin lesion associated with neurologic and developmental impairment and the development of cataracts.
    Pediatrics, 1985, 76(5): 787-793
  • R. A. Harkness, G. McCreanor, R. W. Watts:
    Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and its pathogenesis: purine concentrations in plasma and urine with metabolite profiles in CSF.
    Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Dordrecht, 1988;11 (3): 239-252.
  • G. McCreanor, R. A. Harkness:
    Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and its pathogenesis: normal nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide but reduced ATP concentrations that correlate with reduced poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase activity in HPRT-deficient lymphoblasts.
    Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Dordrecht, 1995, 18 (6): 737-747.
  • J. Hooper, G. McCreanor, W Marshall and P Myers, editors:
    Primary Care and Laboratory Medicine.
    London: ACB Venture Publications, 1996. 198 pages.

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