Lysinuric protein intolerance presenting as coma in a middle-aged man

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-233

  Gare, Meir ^a   Shalit, Meir ^b   Gutman, Alisa ^b  

^a MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; NIFEDIPINE; ORNITHINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COMA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; COMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE;

EID: 0029799872     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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