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Asymptomatic methylmalonic acidemia in a homozygous MUT mutation (p.P86L).
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Dec 2013
Underhill Hunter R, Hahn Si Houn, Hale Susan L, Merritt J Lawrence
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency in methylmalonyl-coenzyme A mutase (MCM) is associated with accumulation of methylmalonic acid (MMA) and clinical outcomes that include early death and neurological impairment. Reported here are two unrelated patients with a homozygous p.P86L mutation in the MUT gene, which encodes MCM, diagnosed following newborn screening. This is the first description of a homozygous mutation in the N-terminal...
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