Treatment of metabolic disorders using genomic technologies: Lessons from methylmalonic acidemia

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Hereditary methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) caused by deficiency of the enzyme methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MMUT) is a relatively common and severe organic acidemia. The recalcitrant nature of the condition to conventional dietary and medical management has led to the use of elective liver and combined liver-kidney transplantation in some patients. However, liver transplantation is intrinsically limited by organ...

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