Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency: genotype-phenotype analysis of 50 patients.

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Clinical, biochemical and molecular genetic data in a cohort of 50 patients with muscle CPT II deficiency are reported. Attacks of myoglobinuria occurred in 86% of patients. In 94% of patients the triggering factor was exercise. Although the myopathic form is often called the adult from, in 60% of patients, the age of onset was in childhood (1-12 years). All the patients in whom biochemical activity was measured...

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