Heterozygote ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency presenting as symptomatic hyperammonemia during initiation of valproate therapy

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 666-668

  Honeycutt, David ^a,b   Callahan, Karen ^a   Rutledge, Lane ^a   Evans, Bradley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CITRULLINE; CREATININE; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AMMONIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISEASES; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SEIZURES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0026723977     PISSN: 1526632X     EISSN: 00283878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.3.666     Document Type: Article

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