Clinical Trial: High Intensity Exercise in Children With MCADD
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Medium-Chain Acyl-Coa Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCADD) and Exercise
Brief Summary:
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) is a rare genetic disorder affecting the body's ability to break down certain fats (?-oxidation) for energy, leading to symptoms like hypoketotic hypoglycaemia, jaundice, cardiomyopathy and seizures.responsible for the dehydrogenation step of fatty acids with chain lengths between 6 and 12 carbons as they undergo beta-oxidation in the mitochondria.Deficiency in MCAD can result in energy deficiency, the accumulation of acylcarnitine's and low serum…
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