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Clinical variability of isovaleric acidemia in a genetically homogeneous population.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Nov 2012
Dercksen M, Duran M, Ijlst L, Mienie L J, Reinecke C J, Ruiter J P N, Waterham H R, Wanders R J A
Abstract excerpt
Isovaleric acidemia (IVA) is one of the most common organic acidemias found in South Africa. Since 1983, a significant number of IVA cases have been identified in approximately 20,000 Caucasian patients screened for metabolic defects. IVA is caused by an autosomal recessive deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase (IVD) resulting in the accumulation of isovaleryl-CoA and its metabolites. In total, 10 IVA...
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