Vomiting, ataxia, and altered mental status in an adolescent: Late- onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 553-557

  Myers, John H ^a,b   Shook, Joan E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperammonemia; Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency; urea cycle

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LETHARGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE; VOMITING;

EID: 0029792932     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90097-2     Document Type: Article

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