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Clinical features and genotyping of patients with primary carnitine deficiency identified by newborn screening.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 28 Aug 2017
Sun Yun, Wang Yan-Yun, Jiang Tao
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BACKGROUND: The objective of the study was to investigate clinical and gene mutation characteristics of primary carnitine deficiency (PCD) patients identified by newborn screening using tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). METHODS: Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) was applied to screen inherited metabolic disease and seven patients with PCD were diagnosed among 62,568 samples. The SLC22A5 gene was detected by using...
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