A newborn with seizures born to a mother diagnosed with primary carnitine deficiency

• Main Authors: Si Chen (Author), Yingying Hu (Author), Yumei Huang (Author), Yan Nan (Author), Xiaojian Zhou (Author), Shangqin Chen (Author), Jin Lin (Author), Zhenlang Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Maternofetal carnitine transport through the placenta is the main route of fetal carnitine uptake. Decreased free carnitine levels discovered by newborn screening has identified many asymptomatic adult women with systemic primary carnitine deficiency (PCD). Here, we presented amp...