Progressive neurologic disability in methylmalonic acidemia despite transplantation of the liver

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作者
Nyhan, WL
Gargus, JJ
Boyle, K
Selby, R
Koch, R
机构
[1] UCSD Pediat 0830, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Pediat, Irvine, CA 92717 USA
[3] Univ So Calif, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
关键词
methylmalonic acidemia; neurologic degeneration; renal failure; transplantation of liver;
D O I
10.1007/s00431-002-0970-4
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Methylmalonic acidemia unresponsive to cobalamin is often fatal in infancy. Patients have been considered candidates for hepatic transplantation and experience has been that the procedure eliminates the life-threatening episodes of ketoacidosis that characterize this disease. Conclusion: experience with a 24-year-old patient treated with hepatic transplantation indicates that this procedure does not prevent progressive renal failure and neurologic dysfunction.
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