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MMUT-type methylmalonic aciduria is a rare inherited metabolic disease caused by the loss of function of the methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MMUT) enzyme. Patients develop symptoms resembling those of primary mitochondrial disorders, but the underlying causes ...
Charlotte Ramon +4 more
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Evidence of Oxidative Stress and Secondary Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Metabolic and Non-Metabolic Disorders [PDF]
: Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases and conditions. Oxidative stress occurs once the antioxidant defenses of the body become overwhelmed and are no longer able to detoxify ...
Angermuller +25 more
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Infantile Convulsions
The association of vitamin B12 deficiency and benign familial infantile convulsions (BFIC) is reported in one 4-month-old boy admitted to the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, and in an additional 4 of 14 infants with BFIC who were found to have ...
J Gordon Millichap
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MMACHC is an essential protein for the body to metabolise vitamin B12, and its deficiency will cause cblC-type methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria. MMACHC can interact with cyanocobalamin (a type of vitamin B12) cofactor and plays an important role
Qin Xu +9 more
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A Rare Case of Malonic Aciduria Diagnosed by Newborn Screening in Qatar
Malonic aciduria is a rare autosomal recessive organic acid disorder. With the widespread use of tandem mass spectrometry for analysis of the amino acid/acylcarnitine profile on dried blood spots for newborn screening (NBS), this condition can be readily
Mamatha Ramaswamy +5 more
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Expanded carrier screening: A current perspective [PDF]
Prenatal carrier screening has expanded to include a large number of genes offered to all couples considering pregnancy or with an ongoing pregnancy.
Al-Kouatly, Hb +12 more
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Carglumic acid enhances rapid ammonia detoxification in classical organic acidurias with a favourable risk-benefit profile: A retrospective observational study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Isovaleric aciduria (IVA), propionic aciduria (PA) and methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) are inherited organic acidurias (OAs) in which impaired organic acid metabolism induces hyperammonaemia arising partly from secondary deficiency of N ...
Baruteau, J +22 more
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Insuficiencia hepática aguda asociada a enfermedades metabólicas hereditarias en ninos pequenos [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Pediatric acute liver failure (ALF) due to inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) is a rare life-threatening condition with a poor prognosis. Early intervention may be lifesaving.
Dias-Costa, F +6 more
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Background Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) syndromes are characterized by the association of hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and organ injury due to arteriolar and capillary thrombosis.
C. Philipponnet +8 more
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Effect of vitamin B12 derivatives on urinary excretion of methylmalonic acid in liver diseases [PDF]
1. Twenty.one patients with liver diseases were studied for their urinary mehylmalonic acid excretion after a valine load by means of an improved thin layer chromatography. 2.
Taketa, Kazuhisa, Ueda, Masatoshi
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