Remark on utility and error rates of the allopurinol test in detecting mild ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-75

  Oexle, Konrad ^a   Bonafé, Luisa ^a   Steinmann, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allopurinol test; Bayes' theorem; Carriers; Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency; Type I error; Type II error; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALLOPURINOL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE;

EID: 0036384238     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7192(02)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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