Arginase deficiency with lethal neonatal expression: Evidence for the glutamine hypothesis of cerebral edema

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-352

  Picker, Jonathan D ^a   Puga, Ana C ^b   Levy, Harvey L ^b   Marsden, Deborah ^b   Shih, Vivian E ^b   DeGirolami, Umberto ^b   Ligon, Keith L ^b   Cederbaum, Stephen D ^b   Kern, Rita M ^b   Cox, Gerald F ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGINASE; GLUTAMINE;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LETHALITY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0037339174     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2003.97     Document Type: Article

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