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INDIAN PEDIATRICS
Volume 53, Issue 8, Pages 738-740Publisher
SPRINGER INDIA
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-016-0922-0
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Branched-chain amino acid; Restrictive diets; Treatment
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Background: Special diet with restricted branched-chain-amino-acids used for treating maple syrup urine disease can lead to specific amino acid deficiencies. Case characteristics: We report a neonate who developed skin lesions due to isoleucine deficiency while using specialised formula. Intervention/Outcome: Feeds were supplemented with expressed breast milk. This caused biochemical and clinical improvement with resolution of skin lesions. Message: Breast milk is a valuable and necessary adjunct to specialized formula in maple syrup urine disease to prevent specific amino acid deficiency in the neonatal period.
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