Brief report: Fasting hypoketotic coma in a child with deficiency of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1203-1207

  Thompson, Geoffrey N ^a,d   Hsu, Betty Y L ^b   Pitt, James J ^c   Treacy, Eileen ^a   Stanley, Charles A ^b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; HYDROXYACID; KETONE; KETONE BODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; KETOGENESIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE;

CHILD; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; COMA; FASTING; HUMANS; HYDROXY ACIDS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KETONE BODIES; KETONES; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031584530     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710233371704     Document Type: Article

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