Biochemical evaluation of a patient with a familial form of leucine- sensitive hypoglycemia and concomitant hyperammonemia

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 957-960

  Zammarchi, Enrico ^a,b   Filippi, Luca ^a   Novembre, Elio ^a   Donati, Maria Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; ALANINE; AMMONIA; C PEPTIDE; CITRULLINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; LEUCINE; OROTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029808377     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90262-0     Document Type: Article

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