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Merve Koç Yekedüz1, Elif Unal Ince2, Talia İleri2
1Department of Pediatric Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
Cobalamin and its metabolites play a critical role in deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis. Disorders of cobalamin metabolism are rare and related with neurological and hematological problems. We report an adolescent patient with cobalamin E (CblE) defect presenting with megaloblastic anemia, mental retardation, cerebral atrophy, cortical visual impairment, white matter changes on brain magnetic resonance imaging, and hyperhomocysteinemia. Homozygous mutation at the c.245C>T in exon 3 of the MTRR gene was identified, which had been found to be related to CblE defect. He was treated with betaine, folic acid, vitamin B6, riboflavin, hydroxycobalamin (OH-B12), and carnitine. During treatment, homocysteine levels decreased over time.
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