medium chain acylcoenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
Newborn screening in England and Northem Ireland includes screening for medium chain acylcoenzyme A dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency within the entire newborn population. M CAD deficiency is the most common inherited disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in people from northern Europe. This autosomal recessive metabolic disease affects about one in 10000 people in the United…
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