Erschienen in:
01.11.2015 | Editorial
Quo vadis: the re-definition of “inborn metabolic diseases”
verfasst von:
Eva Morava, Shamima Rahman, Verena Peters, Matthias R. Baumgartner, Marc Patterson, Johannes Zschocke
Erschienen in:
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
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Ausgabe 6/2015
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Excerpt
How should we define or redefine inborn metabolic diseases (IMDs) in the era of genetic diagnostic revolution? Previously, it was relatively easy: IMDs were mostly inherited, and occasionally de novo, genetic disorders of the biosynthesis or breakdown of substances within specific pathways that were recognized by specific biochemical tests and sometimes treatable by metabolic intervention. Current challenges in the new era of emerging novel disorders are discussed and illustrated by examples of “classic” and novel-type IMDs. …