Cryptogenic hepatitis masking the diagnosis of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 380-383

  Zammarchi, Enrico ^a,b   Donati, Maria Alice ^a   Filippi, Luca ^a   Resti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Hyperammonemia; Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE; URINE LEVEL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRULLINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIC ACID; UREA;

EID: 0029940123     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199605000-00007     Document Type: Article

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