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A symposium: Disorders of arginine and branched-chain amino acid metabolism

On (Mar 17, 2024)  in the presence of the head of departments and lecturer a symposium entitled (Disorders of arginine  and branched-chain amino acid metabolism), was presented by (Dr.Ronak Ersan) , where it has been explained about Disorders of branched-chain amino acid metabolism include maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) and the organic acidemias isovaleric acidemia (IVA), methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), propionic acidemia (PA), 3-methylcrotonyl carboxylase deficiency (3-MCC) among others.
Each of these disorders can have a variable presentation, including metabolic decompensation in the newborn, an acute intermittent illness of later onset in older childhood or even adulthood, or as a chronic neurodevelopmental childhood illness., At the end of the symposium, a set of questions and answers were raised on this subject