Article
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: molecular aspects.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Mar 1992
Matsubara Y, Narisawa K, Tada K
Abstract excerpt
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder which is known to cause Reye-like syndrome in children and sudden infant death. A point mutation of lysine329-to-glutamic acid329 substitution in the MCAD gene was recently identified as the most common mutation in patients with MCAD deficiency. This mutation is responsible for about 90% of mutant MCAD alleles in Caucasians....
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