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Three Korean patients with maple syrup urine disease: four novel mutations in the BCKDHA gene.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2011
Park Hyung-Doo, Lee Dong Hwan, Hong Yong Hee, Kang Dong Hee, Lee You Kyoung, Song Junghan, Lee Soo-Youn, Kim Jong-Won, Ki Chang-Seok, Lee Yong-Wha
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Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism caused by dysfunction of the multienzyme branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) complex. Although a few cases of MSUD have been reported in the Korean population, the genetic background of MSUD is not well understood. In this study, we investigated three newborn males who were...
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