J Edwin Seegmiller

J. Edwin Seegmiller

J Edwin Seegmiller
AB MD
1920-2006
Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • 1968 Winner

    Canada Gairdner International Award

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For his elucidation of a number of inborn errors of metabolism and, in particular, for his discovery of an enzyme defect (phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency) in a neurological disease characterized by mental retardation, behavioural disturbances and over-production of uric acid.

† 1920-2006