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Molecular and clinical characteristics of very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

A single-center experience in Saudi Arabia

Amal Alhashem, Sarar Mohamed, Manal Abdelraheem, Bushra AlGufaydi and Aida Al-Aqeel
Saudi Medical Journal June 2020, 41 (6) 590-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.6.25131
Amal Alhashem
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Abdelrahim, AlGufaydi, Al-Aqeel, Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Mohamed); from the Department of Anatomy and Embryology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University; from Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Sarar Mohamed
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Abdelrahim, AlGufaydi, Al-Aqeel, Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Mohamed); from the Department of Anatomy and Embryology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University; from Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Manal Abdelraheem
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Abdelrahim, AlGufaydi, Al-Aqeel, Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Mohamed); from the Department of Anatomy and Embryology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University; from Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Bushra AlGufaydi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Abdelrahim, AlGufaydi, Al-Aqeel, Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Mohamed); from the Department of Anatomy and Embryology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University; from Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Aida Al-Aqeel
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Abdelrahim, AlGufaydi, Al-Aqeel, Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhashem, Mohamed); from the Department of Anatomy and Embryology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, AlFaisal University; from Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Celiac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Al-Aqeel), College of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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