Biomarker for Creatine Deficiency Syndromes (BioCDS)
Stopped: Transition into BioMetabol
Egypt, India, Sri Lanka0Started 2018-08-20
Plain-language summary
Development of a new mass spectrometry-based biomarker for the ear-ly and sensitive diagnosis of the Creatine Deficiency Syndromes from dry-blood-spot sample
Who can participate
Age range2 Months
SexALL
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INCLUSION CRITERIA:
* Informed consent will be obtained from the patient or the parents before any study related procedures.
* Patients of both genders older than 2 months
* The patient has a diagnosis of the Creatine Deficiency Syndromes or a high-grade suspicion for the Creatine Deficiency Syndromes
High-grade suspicion is present, if one or more inclusion criteria are valid:
* Positive family anamnesis for the Creatine Deficiency Syndromes
* Intellectual disability
* Seizure disorder of variable severity
* Developmental delay
* Speech/language delay
* Movement disorder
* Behavioral disorder (autism, hyperactivity, self-injury)
* Intractable epilepsy
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
* No Informed consent from the patient or the parents before any study related procedures.
* Patients of both gender younger than 2 months
* No diagnosis of Creatine Deficiency Syndromes or no valid criteria for profound suspicion of the Creatine Deficiency Syndromes
What they're measuring
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Sequencing of the Creatine Deficiency Syndromes related genes