Editing Propionic acidemia (section)

==Epidemiology==

Propionic acidemia is inherited in an [[autosomal]] [[recessive]] pattern and is found in about 1 in 35,000<ref name="pamr" /> live births in the [[United States]]. The condition appears to be more common in [[Saudi Arabia]],<ref name="pasa">{{cite journal |vauthors =Al-Odaib AN, Abu-Amaro KK, Ozand PT, Al-Hellani AM |title=A new era for preventive genetic programs in the Arabian Peninsula |journal=Saudi Medical Journal |volume=24 |issue=11 |pages=1168–1175 |year=2003 |pmid=14647548 }}</ref> with a frequency of about 1 in 3,000.<ref name="pamr" /> The condition also appears to be common in [[Amish]], [[Mennonite]] and other populations with higher frequency of consanguinity.<ref name="paam">{{cite journal |vauthors =Kidd JR, Wolf B, Hsia E, Kidd KK |title=Genetics of propionic acidemia in a Mennonite-Amish kindred |journal=Am J Hum Genet |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=236–245 |year=1980 |pmid=7386459 |pmc=1686010 }}</ref>