METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA IN PREGNANCY - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
DISS E IAMS J REED N ROE DS ROE C
Citation
E. Diss et al., METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA IN PREGNANCY - A CASE-REPORT, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 172(3), 1995, pp. 1057-1059
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
172
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1057 - 1059
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1995)172:3<1057:MAIP-A>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Methylmalonic aciduria is a rare metabolic disorder of amino acid meta bolism that is characterized by accumulation of large amounts of methy lmalonic acid in the blood and urine. To our knowledge this is the fir st case report of a patient with methylmalonic aciduria who carried a pregnancy to term; the outcome was favorable despite high levels of me thylmalonic acid in the serum and urine.