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Sudden infant death and multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation disorders

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Abbreviations

CPK :

creatinine phosphokinase

ETF :

electro transfer flavoprotein

MAD :

multiple-acyl-CoA-dehydrogenation disorders

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  1. Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, University of Milano, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Via Commenda 9, I-20122, Milano, Italia

    Rossella Parini & Chiara Vegni

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Milano, Via Commenda 19, Milano, Italia

    Jvana Martini

  3. Regional Centre for Childhood Epilepsy, USSL 75/1 Milano, Ospedale Regina Elena, Via Manfredo Fanti, Milano, Italia

    Antonino Romeo

  4. Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Via Celoria, Milano, Italia

    Barbara Garavaglia

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Parini, R., Vegni, C., Martini, J. et al. Sudden infant death and multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation disorders. Eur J Pediatr 154, 421–422 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02072123

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