Article
D-2-Hydroxyglutaric aciduria in a patient with a severe clinical phenotype and unusual MRI findings.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Feb 2002
Wajne M, Vargas C R, Funayama C, Fernandez A, Elias M L C, Goodman S I, Jakobs C, van der Knaap M S
Abstract excerpt
We report an infant with intermittent urinary excretion of D-2-hydroxyglutaric (D-2-OHG) acid who died at the age of 10 months from cardiogenic shock due to cardiomyopathy. High urinary concentrations of D-2-OHG and succinic acid, as well as increased levels of lactic acid were detected on three different occasions, whereas a normal urinary profile of organic acids was found on one occasion. The clinical findings...
Topics
- Brain
- Cardiomyopathies
- Cells, Cultured
- Citrate (si)-Synthase
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Fibroblasts
- Glutarates
- Humans
- Infant
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Phenotype
- Radiography
- Shock, Cardiogenic
