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Treatment of Branched Chain Ketoaciduria (BCKA) During Acute Illness

Year: 1972

Type: article

Abstract: EVER since branched chain ketoaciduria VER since branched chain ketoaciduria (BCKA) was described in 1954,1 many cases of this disease have been reported, and some of these are still alive.Every physician should be alert to the existence of this condition, and the special problems involved in the manage- ment of these patients.Classic BCKA causes severe neurologic dam- age, failure to grow and early death.An in-

Source: Clinical Pediatrics

DOI: 10.1177/000992287201100612

Authors: H.A. Waisman, Barbara A. Smith, Eleanor S. Brown, Theo Gerritsen

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison

Language: English

Topic: Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Subfield: Clinical Biochemistry

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: U.S. Public Health Service