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View Post: And Then There Were 4.....: Halloween
19 Nov 2009 by Sheila  
The doctors explained that Katy had a rare metabolic disorder called Medium Chain acyl CoA Dehydrogenase. Medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, or 'MCAD,' is a disorder in which your body is unable to breakdown fats to make ... The main treatment is to avoid going without food for very long periods. Children should eat high carbohydrate meals like sugar-containing drinks, cereals, and pastas when they are ill. Children with MCAD should follow a low fat diet. ...
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View Post: Neonatal Screening for Very Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase ...
1 Sep 2006 by Liebig, M., Schymik, I., Mueller, M., Wendel,...  
Neonatal screening programs for very long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency have been implemented recently in various countries. Mildly elevated C14:1-carnitine on day 3 of life strongly suggests very long-chain ...
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View Post: A Novel Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Rapid Confirmation of ...
30 Jul 2009 by PLoS ONE  
Background Newborn screening for medium- and very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD and VLCAD, respectively) deficiency, using acylcarnitine profiling with tandem mass spectrometry, has increased the number of patients with fatty ...
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View Post: Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase II Deficiency Clinical Trial ...
22 Sep 2009
The investigators propose to evaluate the effect of bezafibrate on metabolism during exercise in 22 adult patients affected with carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPTII) or very-long chain acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiencies. ...
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View Post: ISPUB - Perioperative management of an adult patient with ...
15 Jul 2009
Although the involvement in MCAD deficiency is predominantly hepatic, extra-hepatic involvement with underlying cardiomyopathy or generalized myopathy may occur, as in long chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase (LCAD) deficiency, and should be ...
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View Post: What is a heel stick test?
15 May 2009 by Ask Deb  
... Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCAD), Short Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SCAD), Trifunctional Protein Deficiency (TFP Deficiency), or Very Long Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (VLCAD). ...
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View Post: DAR File No. 31350 (Rule R398-1) UT Bull 2008-10 (5/15/2008)
15 May 2008
(ii) Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency;. (iii) Short Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency;. (iv) Long Chain 3-OH Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency;. (v) Short Chain 3-OH Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency; ...
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View Post: HIV Information for Myanmar :: လက္မထပ္မွီ ...
18 Aug 2009 by Seagull  
Carnitine / Acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency. - 3 Hydroxy Long chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency. - Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCAD). - Multiple Acyl Co A Dehydrogenase Deficiency ( Glutaric Acidemia). - Neonatal Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase Deficiency. - Short Chain Acyl Co A Dehydrogenase Deficiency. - Short Chain Hydroxy Acyl Co A Dehydrogenase Deficiency. - Trifunctional Protein Deficiency. - Very Long Acyl Co A Dehydrogenase ...
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View Post: Nutrition & Metabolism
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Prolonged exercise testing in ... ...
View Blog: Our results are comparable with the study of Orngreen et al [6] who tested 2 subject with very long-chain acyl-coa dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCAD) using a 60 endurance exercise test. In both patients with MADD and VLCAD subjects FAO

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