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ORLY N. ELPELEG, MD
Metabolic Unit Shaare-Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem 91031, Israel

Am J Dis Child. 1992;146(8):903.

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Sir.—Burchfield and Rawlings¹ reported sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or other life-threatening events in 10 newborns during the early neonatal period. Metabolic evaluation was confined to determination of levels of blood gases, urinary reducing substances, and amino acids.

Defects in mitochondrial β-oxidation of fatty acids have recently been recognized as a metabolic cause of SIDS and "near-miss" SIDS. It has been estimated that about 15% of these events may be related to β-oxidation defects.² Neither the absence of fatty infiltration of the viscera on autopsy³ nor the early onset of the catastrophic events can exclude this group of diagnoses. We encountered two siblings who presented with SIDS at age 2 days less than 3 hours after being fed. In an apparently healthy offspring of the same family, long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in fibroblasts was later found.

Because blood glucose levels often remain within the normal range . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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