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Isolated adipic aciduria.

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Hasbini, DA; Mikati, MA; Habbal, ZM
Published in: Pediatr Neurol
January 2001

Adipic acid can appear, in combination with other dicarboxylic acids, in the urine of patients in a number of underlying metabolic diseases. A child with seizures and mental retardation of unknown etiology who was found to have elevated isolated adipic aciduria on investigation for metabolic diseases is reported. A dietary artifact was suspected, and the adipic aciduria resolved after the child was kept on a specific restricted diet for 3 days. This is the third report of isolated adipic aciduria secondary to food. Findings confirm the previous reports of dietary origin of isolated adipic aciduria and should alert clinicians to such artifact before committing patients to unnecessary treatments.

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Pediatr Neurol

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0887-8994

Publication Date

January 2001

Volume

24

Issue

1

Start / End Page

77 / 78

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Feeding Behavior
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Child, Preschool
  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic
  • Adipates
  • 3213 Paediatrics
 

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Hasbini, D. A., Mikati, M. A., & Habbal, Z. M. (2001). Isolated adipic aciduria. Pediatr Neurol, 24(1), 77–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00236-8
Hasbini, D. A., M. A. Mikati, and Z. M. Habbal. “Isolated adipic aciduria.Pediatr Neurol 24, no. 1 (January 2001): 77–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00236-8.
Hasbini DA, Mikati MA, Habbal ZM. Isolated adipic aciduria. Pediatr Neurol. 2001 Jan;24(1):77–8.
Hasbini, D. A., et al. “Isolated adipic aciduria.Pediatr Neurol, vol. 24, no. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 77–78. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00236-8.
Hasbini DA, Mikati MA, Habbal ZM. Isolated adipic aciduria. Pediatr Neurol. 2001 Jan;24(1):77–78.
Journal cover image

Published In

Pediatr Neurol

DOI

ISSN

0887-8994

Publication Date

January 2001

Volume

24

Issue

1

Start / End Page

77 / 78

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Feeding Behavior
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Child, Preschool
  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic
  • Adipates
  • 3213 Paediatrics