Chronic sodium benzoate therapy in children with inborn errors of urea synthesis: Effect on carnitine metabolism and ammonia nitrogen removal

Biochemical and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Feoli Fonseca, Juan C ^a   Lambert, Marie ^a   Mitchell, Grant ^a   Melançon, Serge B ^a   Dallaire, Louis ^a   Millington, David S ^b   Qureshi, Ijaz A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; CARNITINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERORNITHINEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MALE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0029974447     PISSN: 10773150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bmme.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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