Ethylmalonic and methylsuccinic aciduria in ethylmalonic encephalopathy arise from abnormal isoleucine metabolism

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 836-839

  Nowaczyk, Malgorzata J M ^a,b   Lehotay, Denis C ^a   Platt, B A ^a   Fisher, Larry ^a   Tan, Rosemary ^a   Phillips, Helen ^a   Clarke, J T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ISOLEUCINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; AMINOACIDURIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031863503     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90122-6     Document Type: Article

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