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Trifunctional enzyme deficiency: adult presentation of a usually fatal beta-oxidation defect.
Annals of neurology - 1 Oct 1996
Schaefer J, Jackson S, Dick D J, Turnbull D M
Abstract excerpt
Disorders of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation are a common cause of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria. We report three adult patients from a family with symptoms of recurrent exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis. This presentation closely resembles adult-type carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency except that these patients had an associated peripheral neuropathy. Investigation of fatty acid...
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