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Successful long-term treatment of hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase I deficiency and a novel mutation.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 2004
Stoler J M, Sabry M A, Hanley C, Hoppel C L, Shih V E
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT-I) deficiency cannot metabolize long-chain fatty acids and can develop life-threatening hypoglycaemia. We present a boy with CPT-I deficiency maintained on a very low-fat diet with nighttime uncooked cornstarch feedings for 5(1/2) years with good success. He has had normal growth and no episodes of hypoglycaemia or adverse side-effects. We found that he was...
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