Phenotype #0000337124

Individual ID 00446898
Associated disease MSUD1A
Phenotype details progressive encephalopathy since day 5 after birth with poor suckling, vomiting, irritability and consequently lethargy so admitted in NICU when he was 8 days old. He developed convulsions with respiratory distress therefore, underwent mechanically ventilation and antibiotic regimen for presumptive neonatal sepsis but without improvement. Initial biochemical investigations showed metabolic acidosis and a mild elevated ammonia. Further biochemical analysis of expanded metabolic screening of amino acids and acylcarnitines at 18 days of age revealed marked elevated BCAAs in blood and nonspecific elevation of 4-OH phenyl lactate and 4-OH phenyl pyruvate on urine organic acid analysis by GC-MS
Diagnosis/Initial marked elevation of leucine/isoleucine 3590µmol/l and also show significant elevation on several occasions of metabolic stress
Diagnosis/Definite MUSD
Inheritance Familial, autosomal recessive
Age/Examination 00y00m08d (8 days)
Age/Onset 00y00m05d
Phenotype/Onset -
Age/Diagnosis 00y00m18d
Protein -
Owner name Zeinab Sayed Abdelkhalek
Database submission license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalCreative Commons License
Created by Johan den Dunnen
Date created 2024-02-02 10:22:13 +01:00 (CET)
Date last edited N/A

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