[We suggest that in MCADD (1) a newborn screening C8 level of 6micromol/L or greater represents particular risk of sudden death; (2) that MCAD genotypes other than homozygosity for the c.985A>G mutation are also associated with sudden death; (3) that vomiting is a frequent symptom preceding sudden death; and (4) social support and medical follow-up of these families are crucial in reducing the occurrence of sudden death.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE