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Pediatrics Disorders of Amino acid Metabolism 79b50108

Amino acid metabolism is implicated in which disease?

A
Maple syrup urine disease
B
Reye's syndrome
C
Von Gierke's disease
D
McArdle's diseases
High-Yield Explanation
OPTION 1: Maple syrup urine disease - It is inborn error of metabolism of branched chain amino acids Von Gierke's disease and McArdle's diseases are glycogen storage diseases. Reye's syndrome is an acute self - limiting metabolic insult resulting in generalized mitochondrial dysfunction due to inhibition of fatty acid oxidation.

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