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Genetic and biochemical study in a patient with glutaric acidemia type I.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Jul 2004
Lin Wei-De, Wang Chung-Hsing, Lai Chien-Chen, Lee Cheng-Chung, Tsai Fuu-Jen
Abstract excerpt
Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase (GCDH) deficiency causes glutaric academia type I (GA-I), an inborn error of metabolism that is characterized clinically by dystonia and dyskinesia and pathologically by neural degeneration of the caudate nucleus and putamen. We report a case of GA-I in a 4-year-old boy. Analysis of blood acylcarnitines by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) revealed a high concentration of...
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