Liver transplantation is not curative for methylmalonic acidopathy caused by methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-326

  Kaplan, Paige ^a   Ficicioglu, Can ^a   Mazur, Alice T ^a   Palmieri, Michael J ^a   Berry, Gerard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Metabolic stroke; Methylmalonic acid; Methylmalonic acidemia; Methylmalonic acidopathy; Methylmalonyl CoA mutase deficiency

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHYLMALONIC ACIDOPATHY; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A MUTASE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; CHILD; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFECTION; KIDNEY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; METHYLMALONYL-COA MUTASE; TREMOR;

EID: 33746272227     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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