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Diagnosis and molecular analysis of an atypical case of holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Sakamoto O, Suzuki Y, Li X, Aoki Y, Hiratsuka M, Holme E, Kudoh J, Shimizu N, Narisawa K
Abstract excerpt
Holocarboxylase synthetase (HCS) deficiency is a disorder of biotin metabolism characterised by metabolic ketoacidosis and skin lesions due to reduced activities of multiple biotin-dependent carboxylases. The onset of this disease is usually between the neonatal and infantile period. Here we report the molecular analysis of an atypical case of HCS deficiency, where the patient developed his first episode of...
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