Methylmalonic and propionic acidemia among hospitalized pediatric patients: a nationwide report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) and propionic acidemia (PA) are two kinds of diseases caused by inborn errors of metabolism. So far, the epidemiological data on them are limited in China. The aim of our study is to investigate the proportion and characteristics of hospitalized pediatric patients with MMA and PA in China.

Methods

The data in this study were obtained from the Hospital Quality Monitoring System, a national inpatient database in China, with information on the patients hospitalized during the period from 2013 to 2017. We identified the data related to the patients who were under 18 years old and were diagnosed with MMA/PA, and extracted the information on demographic characteristics, hospital location, total cost and other related clinical presentations f

SUBMITTER: Jiang YZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915987 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature