The value of fasting in the diagnosis of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

ABSTRACT Female patient carrier of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) with recurrent clinical episodes of hypoglycemia and altered level of consciousness, presented changes in blood acylcarnitine profile by tandem mass spectrometry and in the urinary organic acid analysis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). This case demonstrates the importance of fasting prior biological sample collection (when possible) when MCADD is suspected, and emphasizes that the time/momentum of biological sample collection is crucial to diagnosis, considering the possibility that MCADD is underdiagnosed in Brazil.

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Main Authors:	Vargas,Carmen R, Deon,Marion, Sitta,Angela, Coelho,Daniella M, Silva,Patricia D, Murussi,Larissa, Fleith,Laura V, Crespo,Carolina, Wajner,Moacir, Sanseverino,Maria Teresa V
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica 2020
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442020000100702
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