A Case report on aneurometabolic disorder: Glutaric aciduria type I
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Setareh Sadehal 1, Peyman Eshraghi 1 *
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1 Department of pediatric endocerinology, Mashhad university of medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Glutaric aciduria type I is caused by an autosomal recessive inherited deficiency of glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase, which gives rise to the glutaric acid and 3-hydroxyglotoric acidase as well as gluturyl carnitine in body fluid.efected patient can present with macrocephaly and acute dystonia secondry to striatal degeneration following infection and vaccination between 6 and 18 month. Here in, we reported five cases with macrocephaly, dystonia diagnosed with glutaric aciduria type I using the typical brain imaging and tandem mass spectrometry.

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Article Type: Case Report

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2019, Article No: em117

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/93475

Publication date: 22 Apr 2019

Online publication date: 15 Jul 2018

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