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Medium chain acyl dehydrogenase deficiency is a fatty acid oxidation disorder associated with inborn errors of metabolism. It is often known as MCAD or MCADD.
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/medium-chain-acyl-coenzyme-a-dehydrogenase-deficiency
Provides an overview of this condition, the genetic changes involved, its inheritance and treatment.
http://mcadangel.com/
Personal site in remembrance of Alexis Nicole Knapton who died unexpectedly from this condition at the age of eight.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/MCADD/
Provides information on this rare inherited disorder where the body cannot break down fat properly. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
http://patient.info/doctor/mcad-deficiency
Factsheet on this autosomal recessive inherited disorder of fatty acid metabolism including its pathophysiology, epidemiology, presentation, investigations, management and prognosis.
http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/hugenet/file/print/reviews/MCAD_2006.pdf
Paper describing advances in research into this fatty acid oxidation disorder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_chain_acyl_dehydrogenase_deficiency
Encyclopedia article on this metabolic disorder caused by the failure of certain enzymes invoved in the breakdown of fatty acids.
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