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	University Medical Center of Groningen (UMCG) Section of Metabolic Diseases Beatrix Children’s Hospital Hanzeplein 1 9713 GZ Groningen

phone:	+31 (0)50 3614944 / +31 (0)50 3611036
fax:	+31 (0)50 3611787
E-mail:	metaboleziekten@umcg.nl
website:	www.lmzg.nl

Center of expertise:

Complex dietary treatment of inborn errors of metabolism: ketogenic diet
Defects in Amino Acid metabolism (specifically Phenylketonuria, Tyrosinemia type I, Serine Deficiency, glutaric aciduria type I)
Dietary treatment for metabolic defects especially in amino acids, fat and glycogen
Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglycemia
Liver based Glycogen Storage Diseases
Liver transplantation for inborn errors of metabolism
Neonatal screening of inborn errors of metabolism
Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase defiency
Medium Chain fatty acid oxidation defect
Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency
Multiple Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency
Phenylketonuria and defects in phenylalanine metabolism
Tyrosinemia type I

Research:

From basic understanding to improved and innovative treatment strategies for Idiopathic Ketogenic Hypoglycemia, Phenylketonuria, Tyrosinemia type I, Glycogen Storage Disease type I and III, Multiple Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency

Medical specialists
	F.J. (Francjan) van Spronsen, MD, PhD head of metabolic Diseases for Children (metabolic pediatrician) f.j.van.spronsen@umcg.nl Cobalamine C deficiency Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency Phenylketonuria and defects in phenylalanine metabolism Tyrosinemia type I	T.G.J. (Terry) Derks, MD, PhD (metabolic pediatrician) t.g.j.derks@umcg.nl Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglycemia Liver based Glycogen Storage Diseases Multiple Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency

	C.M.A. (Charlotte) Lubout, MD (pediatrician metabolic diseases) c.m.a.lubout@umcg.nl Mocod Liver Transplantation for inborn errors of metabolism Phenylketonuria	A.B. (Andrea) Schreuder, MD, PhD (pediatrician, fellow metabolic diseases) a.b.schreuder@umcg.nl

	B.H.R. (Bruce) Wolffenbuttel, MD, PhD (internist, endocrinologist, specialist for adults with inherited metabolic diseases) bwo@umcg.nl	M.M. (Melanie) van der Klauw, MD, PhD (internist, specialist for adults with inherited metabolic diseases) m.m.van.der.klauw@umcg.nl

	S.L. (Sonja) Brunet-van Ockenburg, MD, PhD (fellow internal medicine - endocrinology and inherited metabolic diseases) s.l.van.ockenburg@umcg.nl
Dieticians Metabolic Diseases
	F. (Foekje) de Boer (complex dietary treatment of inborn errors of metabolism) f.de.boer@umcg.nl Liver based Glycogen Storage Disease Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglycemia Ketogenic diet Multiple Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency	M.J. (Marieke) Fokkert-Wilts (complex dietary treatment of inborn errors of metabolism) m.j.fokkert@umcg.nl Liver based glycogen storage-disease Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglycemia Multiple Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency Fatty Acid Oxidation Deficiencies Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency

	E. (Esther) van Dam (complex dietary treatment of inborn errors of metabolism) e.van.dam@umcg.nl Protein metabolism Phenylketonuria Tyrosinemia type I	Y. (Yteke) Hoekstra (complex dietary treatment of inborn errors of metabolism) y.hoekstra@umcg.nl Protein metabolism Phenylketonuria Tyrosinemia type I

	I.L. (Iris) Rodenburg (complex dietary treatment of inborn errors of metabolism) i.l.rodenburg@umcg.nl Protein metabolism Phenylketonuria Tyrosinemia type I Ketogenic diet

Dutch Diagnosis Registration Metabolic Diseases

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Medical specialists

Dieticians Metabolic Diseases