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Neonatal screening for glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 2004
Lindner M, Kölker S, Schulze A, Christensen E, Greenberg C R, Hoffmann G F
Abstract excerpt
Acute encephalopathic crisis in glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency results in an unfavourable disease course and poor outcome, dominated by dystonia, feeding problems, seizures and secondary complications, and quite often leading to early death. The prerequisite for the prevention of irreversible brain damage in this disease is the detection of affected patients and initiation of treatment before the...
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