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Methylmalonic Acidemia Complicated by Homocystinuria Diseases: a Report of Three Cases

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This study aims to improve our understanding of methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) complicated by homocystinuria disease by analyzing the clinical characteristics, treatment response and prognosis of three patients. Hyperhomocysteinemia and developmental retardation were present in all patients, epilepsy was present in one patient, and hemolytic uremic syndrome was present in one patient. The conditions of two patients were complicated by pulmonary arterial hypertension, one patient by left pulmonary vein ectopic drainage to the coronary sinus and the other by noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium. The two MMA patients with the complication of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension died because of late diagnosis and irregular treatment of MMA. Echocardiography is necessary for patients with combined MMA and homocystinuria, and these patients are susceptible to cardiovascular disease. When a patient with combined MMA and homocystinuria has the complication of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, the prognosis is poor.

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Funding

This study was supported by the Self-financing Project of Provincial Science and Technology Plan in Hebei Province (no. 182777210) and Medical Science Research Project of Hebei Province in 2019 (no. 20190599). It was funded by Jin Lei Pediatric Endocrinology Growth Research Fund for Young Physicians (PEGRF, NO.PEGRF 201607001); the funds were used for analysis and interpretation of data. The Rapid Service Fee was funded by the authors.

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Ya-Nan Zhang, Ya-Lei Pi, Xue Yan, Yu-Qian Li, Zhan-Jiang Qi and Hui-Feng Zhang have nothing to disclose.

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The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University. Written informed consent to participate and for publication was obtained from the parents of the patients.

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The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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    Ya-Nan Zhang, Ya-Lei Pi, Xue Yan, Yu-Qian Li, Zhan-Jiang Qi & Hui-Feng Zhang

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Zhang, YN., Pi, YL., Yan, X. et al. Methylmalonic Acidemia Complicated by Homocystinuria Diseases: a Report of Three Cases. Adv Ther 37, 630–636 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-019-01149-4

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