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Vol. 2 (2007)
VERY LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN A CHILD
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Published: April 13 2026
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This report concerns a patient affected by Very Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency, a rare inherited metabolic disease with different severity levels that can arise at all ages. VLCAD is involved in metabolic pathway of p-oxidation regarding energy production during prolonged fast.
A 18-months old boy experienced a febrile crisis, during which a severe hypoketotic hypoglycaemia emerged, leading him to a multi organ failure that ultimately caused death.
Immediate administration of a therapy, even during diagnostic phase, is crucial in this kind of metabolic inherited diseases.
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VERY LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN A CHILD. (2026). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2. https://doi.org/10.4081/embj.2007.571
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