Management of methylmalonic acidaemia by combined liver - Kidney transplantation

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 517-524

  Nagarajan, S ^a   Enns, G M ^a   Millan, M T ^a   Winter, S ^b   Sarwal, M M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medical Genetics and Metabolism ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A MUTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POLYURIA; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RARE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MUSCLES; NEPHRITIS; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944385971     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-005-0517-8     Document Type: Article

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