Metabolic stroke in methylmalonic acidemia five years after liver transplantation.

Chakrapani, Anupam; Sivakumar, P; McKiernan, P J; Leonard, J V · J Pediatr · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

It is believed that liver transplantation may improve the outcome of early onset methylmalonic acidemia. We report a case of methylmalonic acidemia in which successful liver transplantation in infancy failed to prevent neurologic damage caused by a metabolic stroke.

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