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. 1985 Jun;60(6):574–575. doi: 10.1136/adc.60.6.574

Biotinidase deficiency: presymptomatic treatment.

S J Wallace
PMCID: PMC1777380  PMID: 4015175

Abstract

Biotinidase deficiency presents with clinical signs of biotin deficiency at the age of 3 months, or soon after. In an infant in whom the diagnosis was made on cord blood, vision and hearing were normal before presymptomatic treatment with biotin. Physical and mental development are good at 14 months.

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