title: [Metabolic diseases in newborn infants--diagnosis and treatment].
abstract: Different symptoms and clinical signs of metabolic disease in the neonatal period are reviewed. Initial laboratory studies dealing with critically ill neonates are recommended. Different biochemical findings are commented and linked towards the most probable diseases. Finally, treatment in the acute phase of disease is presented.
authors.affiliation: Barnesenteret Ullevål sykehus, Oslo. mhand@netcom.no
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Handeland
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis