Article
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: postmortem diagnosis in a case of sudden infant death and neonatal diagnosis of an affected sibling.
Pediatric pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Bennett M J, Rinaldo P, Millington D S, Tanaka K, Yokota I, Coates P M
Abstract excerpt
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is an inherited disorder of fatty acid oxidation associated with sudden death in infants and, in its fulminant form(s), a Reye-like syndrome. In an 18-month-old female who died suddenly and unexpectedly, the postmortem diagnosis of MCAD deficiency was made by analysis of organic acids, acylglycines, and acylcarnitines and by analysis of the most common...
Topics
- Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases
- Antisense Elements (Genetics)
- Base Sequence
- Cadaver
- Carnitine
- Child, Preschool
- DNA
- Female
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Infant
