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Recovery of enzyme activity in biotinidase deficient individuals during early childhood.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 May 2022
Forny Patrick, Wicht Andrea, Rüfenacht Véronique, Cremonesi Alessio, Häberle Johannes
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of the biotinidase (BTD) enzyme is an inborn error of biotin metabolism caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in the BTD gene. There are two forms, partial and profound BTD deficiency, which both can be successfully treated with pharmacological doses of biotin, justifying the inclusion of this disorder in the newborn screening in numerous countries. We investigated the BTD deficiency cohort (N = 87)...
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