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. 2016 Sep 15;11:126. doi: 10.1186/s13023-016-0510-3

Table 1.

Small-molecule disorders of IEMs in KAMC (2001–2014). Total numbers of live births (110,601)

Disease category Number of cases diagnosed Incidence per 100,000 Mean age at diagnosis Median age at diagnosis Range of age
Organic acidemias 34 30 1.8 years 60 days 1 day–10 years
Propionic acidemia 9 30.2 days 20 days 1 day–6 months
Methylmalonic acidemia 7
Mutase deficiency 5
Cobalamin A defect 1
Cobalamin C defect 1
Glutaric acidemia 3
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency 4
3-Methylcrotonylco A carboxylase deficiency 3
Biotinidase deficiency 3
3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria Type III 1
Ethylmalonic encephalopathy 1
B-ketothiolase deficiency 1
Isovaleric acidemia 1
Malonic aciduria 1
Aminoacidopathies 30 27 3.3 years 10.5 months 1 day–13 years
Homocystinuria 14 7 years 7.5 years
 • Classical 11
 • MTHFR deficiency 2
 • MAT deficiency 1
PKU 5
 • Classical 3
 • Non-PKU hyperphenylalaninemia 2
Biopterin Synthesis Defect PTPS deficiency 4
MSUD 5
Asparagine synthetase deficiency 2
Vitamins responsive disorders 18 16 5.7 years 5.5 years 6 months–10 years
Biotin Thiamine Responsive Basal Ganglia Disease 17
Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy 1
Inborn Errors of Carbohydrates 12 11 3.1 years 1.3 years 1 week–7 years
Galactosemia 4
Transaldolase deficiency 6
Hereditary fructose intolerance 1
Fructose 1,6 bisphosphatase deficiency 1
Urea Cycle Disorders 12 11 12 days 7 days 1 day–30 days
Argininosuccinic Aciduria 8
Citrullinemia 4
Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects 5 4 1.4 years 2 days 2 days–7 years
VLCAD deficiency 3 21 days 2 days 2 days–60 days
MCAD deficiency 1 2 days 2 days 2 days
Carnitine uptake defect 1 7 years 7 years 7 years
Aminoacids transport defect 5 4 10 years 11 years 6–13 years
Cystinuria 5
Metal transport defect 2 2 8.5 years 8.5 years 7–10 years
Wilson disease 2
Disorders of Haem biosynthesis 2 2 12.5 years 12.5 years 12–13 years
Acute intermittent porphyria 2
Cholesterol biosynthesis defect 1 1 1 year 1 year 1 year
CHILD syndrome 1
Total 121 109 3.3 years 9 months 1 day–13 years

MTHFR methylenetetrahydrofolatereductase, MAT methionine adenosyltransferase, PKU phenylketonuria, MSUD maple syrup urine disease, VLCAD very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, MCAD medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, CHILD Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects, PTPS 6-Pyruvoyl-Tetrahydropterin Synthase