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Retrospective diagnosis of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
Journal of paediatrics and child health - 1 Jun 1993
Christodoulou J, Clarke J T, Rupar C A, Gordon B A, Kelly D P
Abstract excerpt
A male infant is reported who died suddenly and who at post-mortem had pathological evidence suggestive of a genetic defect of fatty acid beta-oxidation. A specific diagnosis could not be made enzymatically because of unavailability of suitable tissue for assay. The diagnosis of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency was made by specific mutation analysis using the polymerase chain reaction and DNA...
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