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DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739688
The Biochemical High Excreter Phenotype Is the Major Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment in Early Diagnosed Individuals with Glutaric Aciduria Type 1
Background: Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA1) is a rare inherited neurometabolic disorder. Both biochemical subtypes, i.e., high and low excreter share the same risk for severe movement disorder if untreated. Implementation into national newborn screening programs dramatically improved neurologic outcome, but cognitive functions have not systematically been studied.
Methods: This national prospective observational study includes 107 individuals with confirmed GA1 identified by newborn screening between 1999 and 2020 in Germany. Standardized cognitive tests were used to evaluate clinical and cognitive (development and IQ) outcome.
Results: Median age of 72 patients with at least one cognitive test was 7.9 years. Global development was normal in the majority of younger patients (15 of 24 [63%]; age range: 0.6–5.6 years). Isolated or global deficits were more frequent in patients with movement disorder (7 of 9 patients [78%]). Older patients with IQ tests (n = 56; age range: 3.4–19.1) showed significantly lower results than general population (median IQ: 87; interquartile range [IQR]: 78–98) which was more pronounced in individuals with high excreter phenotype (median IQ: 84; IQR: 75–96) than in low excreter patients (median IQ: 98; IQR: 92–105; p = 0.0164). Results were stable with age and homogenous on subscale level. Cognitive outcome was not impacted by sex, motor function, and quality of metabolic treatment.
Conclusion: In GA1, neurologic long-term impairment involves both motor and cognitive function. Cognition is impacted by biochemical phenotype, but not by current therapy and striatal damage, implicating the necessity of more effective long-term treatment concepts, especially for high excreting patients.
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28. Oktober 2021
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