A case of late-onset carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency, presenting periodic psychotic episodes coinciding with menstrual periods

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 780-785

  Wakutani, Yosuke ^a   Nakayasu, Hiroyuki ^a   Takeshima, Takao ^a   Mori, Nozomi ^a   Kobayashi, Keiko ^a   Endo, Fumio ^a   Nakashima, Kenji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency; Late onset; Menstrual cycle; Psychotic episodes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; UREA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE I DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXCITATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERIA; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS; UREA CYCLE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE I DEFICIENCY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0035525799     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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