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Genetic cause and prevalence of hydroxyprolinemia.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Sept 2016
Staufner Christian, Haack Tobias B, Feyh Patrik, Gramer Gwendolyn, Raga Deepthi Ediga, Terrile Caterina, Sauer Sven, Okun Jürgen G, Fang-Hoffmann Junmin, Mayatepek Ertan, Prokisch Holger, Hoffmann Georg F, Kölker Stefan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hydroxyprolinemia is an inborn error of amino acid degradation that is considered a non-disease. Known for more than 50 years, its genetic cause and prevalence have remained unclear. In MS/MS newborn screening, the mass spectrum of hydroxyproline cannot be differentiated from isoleucine and leucine causing false positive newborn screening test results for maple syrup urine disease (MSUD). METHODS: We...
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