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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency

ORPHA:159· ICD-10 E71.3

Definition

Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency is a life-threatening, inherited disorder of fatty acid oxidation which usually presents in the neonatal period with severe hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, cardiomyopathy and/or arrhythmia, hepatic dysfunction, skeletal muscle weakness, and encephalopathy.

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal