Citrullinemia: Clinical experience with 23 cases

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Tokatli, Ayşegül ^a   Coşkun, Turgay ^a   Özalp, Imran ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Citrullinemia; Late onset; Neonatal; Subacute

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CITRULLINE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BENZOATES; BENZOIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRULLINE; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032037687     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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