A young woman with persistent hypoglycemia, rhabdomyolysis, and coma: Recognizing fatty acid oxidation defects in adults

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1273-1276

  Kluge, Stefan ^a   Kühnelt, Peter ^a   Block, Andreas ^a   Merkel, Martin ^a   Gocht, Andreas ^a   Lukacs, Zoltan ^a   Kohlschütter, Alfried ^a   Kreymann, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Fatty acid oxidation; Hypoglycemia; Organ steatosis; Pneumonia; Rhabdomyolysis; Very long chain acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ACYLCARNITINE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LONG CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMA; DNA DETERMINATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STEATOSIS; VERY LONG CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY;

ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE, LONG-CHAIN; ADULT; COMA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0345700708     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000045201.10682.F6     Document Type: Article

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