Acute postpartum mental status change and coma caused by previously undiagnosed ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 1212-1215

  Peterson, Dirk E ^a,b  

^a Lee Memorial Health System   (United States)

^b Lee Physician Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENZOIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTULOSE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLACETATE SODIUM; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DEPRESSION; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERGLUTAMINEMIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN RESTRICTION;

EID: 0242352621     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(03)00165-0     Document Type: Article

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