Patterns of inborn errors of metabolism: A 12 year single-center hospital-based study in Libya

Qatar Medical Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  AlObaidy, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Inborn errors of metabolism; Libya

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE;

ACIDURIA; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMINOACIDURIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENERGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIBYAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; LIVE BIRTH; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PARENT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84907897140     PISSN: 02538253     EISSN: 22270426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2013.18     Document Type: Article

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