An adult-onset case of argininosuccinate synthetase deficiency presenting with atypical citrullinemia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 590-596

  Osafune, Kenji ^a   Ichikawa, Keiji ^a   Yasui, Takashi ^a   Sekikawa, Akira ^a   Takeoka, Hiroya ^a   Kanatsu, Kazuro ^a   Kohigashi, Katsuji ^a   Koshiyama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Urea cycle disorder

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; AMINO ACIDS; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CITRULLINE; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033162918     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.590     Document Type: Article

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