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methylmalonic aciduria due to methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency

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Disease Overview

Vitamin B12-unresponsive methylmalonic acidemia is an inborn error of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) metabolism characterized by recurrent ketoacidotic crises or transient vomiting, dehydration, hypotonia and intellectual deficit, which does not respond to administration of vitamin B12. There are two types of vitamin B12-unresponsive methylmalonic acidemia: mut0 and mut-.


Synonyms

  • MCM deficiency
  • methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency
  • methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-Coa mutase deficiency MMA due to MCM deficiency
  • methylmalonic aciduria due to methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency
  • methylmalonic aciduria mut type
  • methylmalonic aciduria, mut type
  • methylmalonic aciduria, mut(-) type
  • methylmalonic aciduria, mut(0) type
  • methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency
  • methylmalonyl-Coenzyme A mutase deficiency
  • vitamin B12-unresponsive methylmalonic acidemia
  • vitamin B12-unresponsive methylmalonic aciduria

GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Orphanet

Orphanet has a summary about this condition that may include information on the diagnosis, care, and treatment as well as other resources. Some of the information and resources are available in languages other than English. The summary may include medical terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. Orphanet is the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research and the Health Programme of the European Union.

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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GeneReviews

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