[Glutaric acidemia/glutaric aciduria I as differential chorea minor diagnosis]

Klin Padiatr. 1993 Mar-Apr;205(2):124-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1025211.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Glutaracidemia/glutaraciduria type I is an acute or subacute neuropathic disorder of infancy or early childhood. The following symptoms characterize the clinical course: macrocephalus present at birth, cerebral atrophy revealed by CT or MRI scans, most striking in the frontal and temporal lobes, choreoathetosis and dystonia as neurological handicaps. The deficiency of glutaryl-CoA-dehydrogenase leads to glutaracidemia and glutaraciduria. It is reported on a three year old girl. The glutaraciduria is an important differential diagnosis to chorea minor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Chorea / genetics*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Glutarates / blood*
  • Glutaryl-CoA Dehydrogenase
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Oxidoreductases / deficiency*
  • Oxidoreductases / genetics
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors*

Substances

  • Glutarates
  • Oxidoreductases
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors
  • Glutaryl-CoA Dehydrogenase
  • glutaric acid