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Characterization and outcome of 41 patients with beta-ketothiolase deficiency: 10 years' experience of a medical center in northern Vietnam.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 May 2017
Nguyen Khanh Ngoc, Abdelkreem Elsayed, Colombo Roberto, Hasegawa Yuki, Can Ngoc Thi Bich, Bui Thao Phuong, Le Hai Thanh, Tran Mai Thi Chi, Nguyen Hoan Thi, Trinh Hung Thanh, Aoyama Yuka, Sasai Hideo, Yamaguchi Seiji, Fukao Toshiyuki, Vu Dung Chi
Abstract excerpt
Beta-ketothiolase (T2) deficiency is an inherited disease of isoleucine and ketone body metabolism caused by mutations in the ACAT1 gene. Between 2005 and 2016, a total of 41 patients with T2 deficiency were identified at a medical center in northern Vietnam, with an estimated incidence of one in 190,000 newborns. Most patients manifested ketoacidotic episodes of varying severity between 6 and 18 months of age....
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