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Thoughts on Tyrosinaemia

Birmingham Children’s Hospital IMD Games 2008

Monday, September 29th, 2008

On the 28th September 2008, over 100 children converged at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, to participate in a special day. What made the day so special was that the children participating had all been affected in one way or another, by an Inborn Metabolic Disease.

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Tyrosinaemia

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

This is part four in the series for Metabolic Disease Awareness Week. It focuses on Tyrosinaemia which is another inborn error of metabolism (metabolic disease) caused by a deficiency in fumaryl-acetoacetate hydrolase.
There are 3 types of this disorder:

 • Tyrosinaemia Type I
 • Tyrosinaemia Type II  (Richner-Hanhart syndrome)
 • Tyrosinaemia Type III.

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