ABSTRACT
VLCAD deficiency is relatively common. There were 12 patients among the series of 107 disorders of fatty acid oxidation in the Saudubray Paris experience [7]. VianeySaban, Divry and colleagues [8] reported 30 patients from Lyon. The VLCAD gene has been isolated [9] and found to contain 20 exons; it is situated in chromosome 17p13 [10-12]. A small number of mutations have been identified [13-16]. VLCAD deficiency is the most common disorder of fatty acid oxidation in the Saudi population.
