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ArticleJournal of neurology2020

Multiple acyl-COA dehydrogenase deficiency in elderly carriers.

Francesco Macchione, Leonardo Salviati, Andrea Bordugo, Monica Vincenzi, Marta Camilot, Francesca Teofoli, Elia Pancheri, Roberta Zordan, Cinzia Bertolin, Silvia Rossi and 2 more

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Article in Journal of neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco MacchioneDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Leonardo SalviatiClinical Genetics Unit, Department of Women and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Andrea BordugoDepartment of Mother and Child, Pediatric Clinic, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Monica VincenziDepartment of Pediatrics, Regional Centre for Newborn Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Congenital Endocrine Diseases, AOUI, Verona, Italy.
Marta CamilotDepartment of Pediatrics, Regional Centre for Newborn Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Congenital Endocrine Diseases, AOUI, Verona, Italy.
Francesca TeofoliDepartment of Pediatrics, Regional Centre for Newborn Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Congenital Endocrine Diseases, AOUI, Verona, Italy.
Elia PancheriDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Roberta ZordanClinical Genetics Unit, Department of Women and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Cinzia BertolinClinical Genetics Unit, Department of Women and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Silvia RossiClinical Genetics Unit, Department of Women and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Gaetano VattemiDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3412-8339
Paola ToninDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. paola.tonin@aovr.veneto.it.
University of Verona · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, or glutaric aciduria type II, is an autosomal recessive disorder of fatty acid oxidation due to defects in electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) encoded by ETFA and ETFB, or in electron transfer flavoprotein dehydrogenase (ETFDH) encoded by the ETFDH gene. The disease may present as a severe neonatal onset form and a mild late-onset form which is heterogeneous for the age at onset and clinical presentation. We describe two patients in their seventies, referred for a nonspecific myopathy, which resulted to manifest carriers of ETFDH gene mutation. Treatment with riboflavin and L-carnitine improved the clinical picture and the biochemical profile. This condition should be included in the differential diagnosis of myopathies even at an old age.

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AgingAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHeterozygoteHumansMaleMultiple Acyl Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase DeficiencyMuscular DiseasesETFDH gene mutationsFatty acid oxidationLate-onset multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MADD)MyopathyRiboflavin treatment

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