Prospective surveillance study of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in the UK

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-119

  Pollitt, R J ^a   Leonard, J V ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031904754     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.2.116     Document Type: Article

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