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DNA-based prenatal diagnosis for severe and variant forms of multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Jan 2005
Olsen Rikke K J, Andresen Brage S, Christensen Ernst, Mandel Hanna, Skovby Flemming, Nielsen Jens Peter, Knudsen Inga, Vianey-Saban Christine, Simonsen Henrik, Gregersen Niels
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OBJECTIVES: Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency (MADD) is a clinically heterogeneous disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid, amino acid, and choline oxidation due to mutations in the genes encoding electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) or ETF ubiquinone oxidoreductase (ETFQO). So far, prenatal diagnosis of MADD has relied mostly on second-trimester biochemical analyses of amniotic fluid or cultured...
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