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. 2019 Apr 11;42(1 Suppl 1):178–185. doi: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2018-0105

Table 3. Number and types of aminoacidopathies and organic acidurias detected in high-risk Brazilian patients from 2006 to 2016.

Amino acid disorders Number Percentage
Maple syrup urine disease 40 34
Phenylketonuria 24 21
Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia 17 14
Tyrosinemia 12 10
Homocystinúria 7 6
Citrullinemia 7 6
Ornithine transcarbamylasedeficiency 4 3
Arginase deficiency 3 3
Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency 2 2
Argininosuccinic aciduria 1 1
Total 117
Organic acid disorders
Lactic acidemia 64 24.8
Glutaric aciduria type I 59 22.8
Methylmalonic aciduria 40 15.5
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria 25 9.6
Isovaleric aciduria 12 4.6
Propionic aciduria 12 4.6
L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria 11 4.2
Alkaptonuria 10 3.8
Canavan disease 6 2.3
3-Methylglutaconic aciduria 4 1.5
D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria 4 1.5
3-Ketothiolase deficiency 4 1.5
Mevalonic aciduria 3 1.1
3-Methyl-Crotonyl-CoA Carboxylase deficiency 3 1.1
Glycerol Kynase deficiency 1 0.3
Total 258