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Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency presenting in the neonatal period: The first Italian case

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Abbreviations

MCAD :

Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, I-35128, Padova, Italy

    A. B. Burlina, B. Dalla Barba & F. Zacchello

  2. Molecular Genetics Laboratory, University Department of Clinical Chemistry, Aarhus Kommunehospital and Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus, Denmark

    N. Gregersen

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Children's Medical Center, 75235, Dallas, TX, USA

    M. J. Bennett

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Burlina, A.B., Bennett, M.J., Gregersen, N. et al. Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency presenting in the neonatal period: The first Italian case. Eur J Pediatr 154, 940–941 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957515

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