Auxiliary Liver Transplantation for Propionic Acidemia: A 10-Year Follow-Up
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Intractable metabolic acidosis in a child with propionic acidemia undergoing liver transplantation -a case report-
Propionic acidemia (PA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of metabolism caused by deficient activity of the mitochondrial enzyme propionyl-CoA carboxylase. The clinical manifestations are metabolic acidosis, poor feeding, lethargy, vomiting, osteoporosis, neurological dysfunction, pancytopenia, developmental retardation and cardiomyopathy. Liver transplantation has recently been considered...
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1Department of Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition, Diyarbakir Children’s Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 2Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Diyarbakir Children’s Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 3Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Diyarbakir Children’s Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 4Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diyarbakır Children’s Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey 5Department of Pedia...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1600-6135,1600-6143
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01899.x