Nutritional management of infants with inborn metabolic errors

Inborn errors of metabolism can dramatically manifest themselves in the new born period or remain completely undetected. Awareness on the part of the physician, with every attempt being made to arrive at an early diagnosis, is the basis for a favorable outcome. Many approaches to therapy are possible but the most frequently used is that of substrate restriction in the form of dietary control. Frequent monitoring of growth as well as of plasma biochemical analysis can result in adequate nutritional status as well as in normal development.