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[Deficiency of the fatty-acid oxidising enzyme medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) in an adult, detected during a neonatal screening programme].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 30 Oct 2004
Derks T G, Jakobs H, Gerding A, Niezen-Koning K E, Reijngoud D J, Smit G P A
Abstract excerpt
In a trial running since October 2003 in the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel neonatal screening for medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency has been added to the regular newborn screening programme for phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism and adrenogenital syndrome. One of the questions to be answered by this trial is the cause of the strong variation in...
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