Aminoacidopathies and organic acidurias in Tunisia: A retrospective survey over 23 years;Aminoacidopathies et aciduries organiques en Tunisie: Étude rétrospective sur 23 ans

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-262

  Hadj Taieb, Sameh ^a,b   Nasrallah, Fehmi ^a,b   Hammami, Mohamed B ^a,b   Elasmi, Monia ^a,b   Sanhaji, Haifa ^a,b   Moncef, Feki ^a,b   Kaabachi, Naziha ^a,b  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acidurias; Amino acids; Epidemiology Tunisia; Inborn errors of metabolism; Incidence; Organic; Pathology; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

2 HYRDOXY GLUTARIC ACIDURIA; ACIDURIA; AMINOACIDOPATHY; ARTICLE; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCINEMIA; INCIDENCE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETER; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; ORGANIC ACIDURIA; PROPIONIC ACIDURIA; TUNISIA; TYROSINEMIA; TYROSINEMIA TYPE 1;

EID: 84859534187     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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