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Genotype-phenotype correlation in 18 Egyptian patients with glutaric acidemia type I.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Oct 2017
Mosaeilhy Ahmed, Mohamed Magdy M, C George Priya Doss, El Abd Heba S A, Gamal Radwa, Zaki Osama K, Zayed Hatem
Abstract excerpt
Glutaric acidemia I (GAI) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disease caused by a deficiency of glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase enzyme (GCDH). Patients with GAI are characterized by macrocephaly, acute encephalitis-like crises, dystonia and frontotemporal atrophy. In this study, we investigated 18 Egyptian patients that were diagnosed with GAI based on their clinical, neuroradiological, and biochemical profiles. Of...
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