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Molecular genetics of HMG-CoA lyase deficiency.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Nov 2007
Pié Juan, López-Viñas Eduardo, Puisac Beatriz, Menao Sebastián, Pié Angeles, Casale Cesar, Ramos Feliciano J, Hegardt Fausto G, Gómez-Puertas Paulino, Casals Núria
Abstract excerpt
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase (HL) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects ketogenesis and l-leucine catabolism, which generally appears during the first year of life. Patients with HL deficiency have a reduced capacity to synthesize ketone bodies. The disease is caused by lethal mutations in the HL gene (HMGCL). To date, up to 30 variant alleles (28 mutations and 2 SNPs) in...
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