Postpartum "Psychosis" in mild argininosuccinate synthetase deficiency

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1244-1246

  Enns, Gregory M ^a   O'Brien, William E ^b   Kobayashi, Keiko ^b   Shinzawa, Haruhide ^b   Pellegrino, Joan E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; LACTULOSE; RISPERIDONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CITRULLINEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LETHARGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17644383299     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000157769.90230.24     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Brusilow SW, Horwich AL. Urea cycle enzymes. In: Scriver CR, Beaudet AL, Sly WS, Valle D, editors. The metabolic & molecular bases of inherited disease. 8th ed. New York (NY): McGraw-Hill; 2001. p. 1909-63.
2. Wong LJ, Craigen WJ, O'Brien WE. Postpartum coma and death due to carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I deficiency. Ann Intern Med 1994;120:216-7.
3. Yamada N, Fukui M, Ishii K, Shibata H, Okabe H, Ohomiya H, et al. A case of adult form hypercitrullinemia with consciousness disturbance and marked hypertransaminasenemia after delivery [in Japanese]. Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 1980;77:1655-60.
4. Ohta N, Saito T, Hayashi Y, Sakai N, Saito H, Hiroi M. A case of citrullinemia repeatedly induced by pregnancy [in Japanese]. Nippon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi 1996;48:351-4.
5. Kurasawa G, Shiotsuka S, Nakajo J, Nagao M, Ohisi M, Aida T, et al. A case report of citrullinemia induced by pregnancy [in Japanese]. Kanto J Obstet Gynecol 1998;35:3-7.
6. Gao HZ, Kobayashi K, Tabata A, Tsuge H, Iijima M, Yasuda T, et al. Identification of 16 novel mutations in the argininosuccinate synthetase gene and genotype-phenotype correlation in 38 classical citrullinemia patients. Hum Mutat 2003;22:24-34.
7. Northrup H, Beaudet AL, O'Brien WE. Prenatal diagnosis of citrullinaemia: review of a 10-year experience including recent use of DNA analysis. Prenat Diagn 1990;10:771-9.
8. Gale S, Harlow BL. Postpartum mood disorders: a review of clinical and epidemiological factors. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 2003;24:257-66.