See Also: GAD (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase)(health)
glutamic acid(encyclopedia)
Glutamic acid(medicine)
glutamic acid hydrochloride(medicine)
glutamic acid dehydrogenases(medicine)
acyl glutamic acid amidohydrolase(medicine)
poly(gamma-glutamic acid)(medicine)
orotidylic acid decarboxylase(medicine)
2,4-diaminobutyric acid decarboxylase(medicine)
phenylacrylic acid decarboxylase(medicine)

GAD (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase) (health) and clinicopathologic (medicine)


GAD (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase) (health)


A normal enzyme found in all cells that initiates the metabolism of a substance called glutamic acid. Glutamic acid is a component of all proteins and is also part of the cycle for the disposal of a waste product called ammonia. The presence of antibodies to GAD (called anti-GAD antibodies) in the blood is an early indication of the start of the autoimmune process in Type 1A Diabetes.





clinicopathologic (medicine)


clinicopathologic


Pertaining to the signs and symptoms manifested by a patient, and also the results of laboratory studies, as they relate to the findings in the gross and histologic examination of tissue by means of biopsy or autopsy, or both.