Common treatment methods for MMA include a liver transplant or a liver and kidney transplant to combat the renal disease of methylmalonic acidemia.
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The four main types of organic acidemia are : methylmalonic acidemia, propionic acidemia, isovaleric acidemia, and maple syrup urine disease.
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The four main types of organic acidemia are : methylmalonic acidemia, propionic acidemia, isovaleric acidemia, and maple syrup urine disease.
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The four main types of organic acidemia are : methylmalonic acidemia, propionic acidemia, isovaleric acidemia, and maple syrup urine disease.
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The four main types of organic acidemia are : methylmalonic acidemia, propionic acidemia, isovaleric acidemia, and maple syrup urine disease.
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Some infants with glutaric acidemia type 2 have birth defects, including multiple fluid-filled growths in the kidneys ( polycystic kidneys ).
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While methylmalonic acidemia has a variety of causes, both genetic and dietary, methylmalonyl CoA mutase deficiency is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder.
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These intermediate breakdown products are particularly prone to affect the basal ganglia, causing many of the signs and symptoms of glutaric acidemia type 1.
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Failure of this system to function properly results in acid-base imbalance such as acidemia ( pH 7.45 ) in the blood.
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The GC-MS platform is recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics for the detection of organic and amino acidemias through the urine.
