Begüm Yılmaz, Ahmet Cevdet Ceylan, Mehmet Gündüz, Özlem Ünal Uzun, Aynur Küçükcongar Yavaş, Berrak Bilginer Gürbüz, Ümmühan Öncül, Gülay Güleç Ceylan, Çiğdem Seher Kasapkara
Biotinidase deficiency (BD) is an autosomal recessive inherited metabolic disorder which results from the inability of biotin-dependent carboxylase enzymes to function due to the release and absorption of biotin, leading to neurological and cutaneous findings. In the present study, evaluation of demographic characteristics, clinical findings, laboratory results, molecular genetic characteristics, and genotype-phenotype correlations of cases with BD. Two hundred forty-seven cases were included in the study who were admitted to the Department of Pediatric Metabolism of Ankara Bilkent City Hospital after being identified with potential BD through the Newborn Screening Program (NBS), during family screening or based on suspicious clinical findings, or following the detection of a pathogenic variant in a BTD genetic analysis during the period of October 2020 and February 2022...
December 23, 2023: European Journal of Pediatrics