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Muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency: clinical and molecular genetic features and diagnostic aspects.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jan 2005
Deschauer Marcus, Wieser Thomas, Zierz Stephan
Abstract excerpt
Muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) II deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder of fatty acid oxidation characterized by attacks of myalgia and myoglobinuria. This review summarizes the clinical features of this disease, analyzing data of 28 patients with biochemically and genetically confirmed CPT II deficiency. The review shows that exercise-induced myalgia is the most frequent symptom, whereas...
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