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How do you treat glycine toxicity?

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Glycine encephalopathy, more commonly known as nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH), is a rare metabolic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 76,000 newborns and causing a toxic accumulation of glycine in the body. Managing glycine toxicity depends heavily on its root cause, whether it is a chronic genetic issue like NKH or an acute event from medical procedures.