Carnitine transport defect presenting with hyperammonemia: Report of one case

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-38

  Hwu, Wuh Liang ^a,b   Chiang, Shu Chuan ^a   Chang, Mei Hwei ^a   Wang, Tso Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carnitine deficiency; Hyperammonemia; Transport

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARNITINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0034043888     PISSN: 00016578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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