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Management of a patient with holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Dec 2008
Van Hove Johan L K, Josefsberg Sagi, Freehauf Cynthia, Thomas Janet A, Thuy Le Phuc, Barshop Bruce A, Woontner Michael, Mock Donald M, Chiang Pei-Wen, Spector Elaine, Meneses-Morales Iván, Cervantes-Roldán Rafael, León-Del-Río Alfonso
Abstract excerpt
We investigated in a patient with holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency, the relation between the biochemical and genetic factors of the mutant protein with the pharmacokinetic factors of successful biotin treatment. A girl exhibited abnormal skin at birth, and developed in the first days of life neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and metabolic abnormalities diagnostic of multiple carboxylase deficiency....
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