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Pediatrics, Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Multimedia

Author: Debra L Weiner, MD, PhD, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Updated: Mar 30, 2009

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Further Reading

Keywords

inborn errors of metabolism, metabolic disease, IEM, disorders of protein metabolism, disorders of carbohydrate metabolism, lysosomal storage disorders, fatty acid oxidation defects, amino acidopathy, organic acidopathy, urea cycle defects, mitochondrial disorders, peroxisomal disorders, disorders of energy production, multiple sclerosis, MS, migraines, stroke, metabolic disorders, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, biotinidase deficiency, maple syrup urine disease, homocystinuria, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, hyperammonemia, newborn screen

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Debra L Weiner, MD, PhD, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Garry Wilkes, MBBS, FACEM, Director of Emergency Medicine, Bunbury Hospital, Western Australia; Medical Consultant, St John Ambulance, WA Ambulance Service; Adjunct Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University; Clinical Associate Professor, Rural Clinical School, University of Western Australia
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Mary L Windle, PharmD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH, 
Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

John D Halamka, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John D Halamka, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Chief Editor

Richard G Bachur, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief and Fellowship Director, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Boston
Richard G Bachur, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Society for Pediatric Research
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