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Newborn screening for isovaleric acidemia in Quanzhou, China.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Oct 2020
Lin Yiming, Chen Dongmei, Peng Weilin, Wang Kunyi, Lin Weihua, Zhuang Jianlong, Zheng Zhenzhu, Li Min, Fu Qingliu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Isovaleric acidemia (IVA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of leucine metabolism caused by a defective isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase (IVD) gene. Reports of IVA diagnoses following newborn screening (NBS) in the Chinese population are few. METHODS: We investigated the biochemical, clinical, and molecular profiles of 5 patients with IVA in China. The estimated incidence of IVA in Quanzhou, China is...
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