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Clinical features and mutations in seven Chinese patients with very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
World journal of pediatrics : WJP - 1 May 2014
Zhang Rui-Nan, Li Yi-Fan, Qiu Wen-Juan, Ye Jun, Han Lian-Shu, Zhang Hui-Wen, Lin Na, Gu Xue-Fan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) is an inherited metabolic disease caused by deleterious mutations in the ACADVL gene that encodes very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD), and which can present as cardiomyopathy in neonates, as hypoketotic hypoglycemia in infancy, and as myopathy in late-onset patients. Although many ACADVL mutations have been described, no prevalent...
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