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Functional effects of different medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase genotypes and identification of asymptomatic variants.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Sturm Marga, Herebian Diran, Mueller Martina, Laryea Maurice D, Spiekerkoetter Ute
Abstract excerpt
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency (OMIM 201450) is the most common inherited disorder of fatty acid metabolism presenting with hypoglycaemia, hepatopathy and Reye-like symptoms during catabolism. In the past, the majority of patients carried the prevalent c.985A>G mutation in the ACADM gene. Since the introduction of newborn screening many other mutations with unknown clinical relevance have...
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