Isovaleric acidemia (IVA) is an organic acid disease caused by a deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Deficiency of this enzyme leads to accumulation of organic acids, such as isovalerylcarnitine and isovalerylglycine. The proposed IVA treatments include leucine restriction and
Isovaleric acidemia (IVA) is an inborn error of leucine metabolism, resulting in an accumulation of isovaleric acid in the body fluids. The neuropathologic findings in an 11-day-old infant with IVA consisted of diffuse cerebral edema, massive cerebellar hemorrhage, upward transtentorial herniation,
We studied two children who developed normally for the first 3-4 months of life and then displayed a failure-to-thrive syndrome, regression in psychomotor development, pronounced muscular hypotonia, and liver damage. At the age of about 1-2 years, optic atrophy and spastic parapareses were evident.
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