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Tyrosinemia Type III detected via neonatal screening: management and outcome.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Nov 2012
Heylen Evelyne, Scherer Gerd, Vincent Marie-Françoise, Marie Sandrine, Fischer Judith, Nassogne Marie-Cécile
Abstract excerpt
Tyrosinemia Type III is caused by the deficiency of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (4-HPPD), an enzyme involved in the catabolic pathway of tyrosine. To our knowledge, only a few patients presenting with this disease have been described in the literature, and the clinical phenotype remains variable and unclear. We report the case of a boy with tyrosinemia Type III detected using neonatal screening, who is...
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