Glutaric aciduria type I.

Correspondence to: Dr. Mamta N. Muranjan, 3rd Floor, 16-B, Naushir Bharucha Marg, Tardeo, Mumbai 400 007, India. E-mail: muranjanmamta@red(ffmail.com Manuscript received: December 5, 2000; Initial review completed: Janu(/fY 18, 2001; Revision accepted: March 22, 2001. the dehydrogenation decarboxylation of Glutaric acid, an intermediary metabolite in the degradation pathway of lysine, hydroxylysine and tryptophan. Excessive accumulation of Glutaric acid and other metabolites is supposed to be responsible for the manifestations in this neurodegenerative metabolic disease(1). This communication describes the clinical profile of four patients with this condition.