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methylmalonic aciduria due to methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency

info · Genetic · ICD-10: E71.1

A methylmalonic acidemia characterized by accumulation of methylmalonic acid in the blood that is unresponsive to vitamn B12 therapy and that has_material_basis_in mutation in the MUT gene on chromosome 6p12.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hyperammonemia
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Methylmalonic acidemia
  • Episodic metabolic acidosis
  • Respiratory distress
  • Methylmalonic aciduria
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Decreased total neutrophil count
  • Metabolic ketoacidosis
  • Stage 5 chronic kidney disease

Also known as: methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency; methylmalonic aciduria mut type; vitamin B12-unresponsive methylmalonic aciduria