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Normal growth and development with unrestricted protein intake after severe infantile propionic acidaemia

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A child with propionic acidaemia, after a stormy infantile course complicated by microcephaly, has shown normal subsequent growth and development without dietary protein restriction.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics Division of Genetics and Inherited Metabolic Diseases Clinic, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Avenue, Box C-233, 80262, Denver, Colorado, USA

    A. S. Luder, S. Yannicelli & C. L. Green

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Luder, A.S., Yannicelli, S. & Green, C.L. Normal growth and development with unrestricted protein intake after severe infantile propionic acidaemia. J Inherit Metab Dis 12, 307–311 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01799222

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