Neonatal hyperammonemia: The N-carbamoyl-L-glutamic acid test

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 260-262

  Guffon, Nathalie ^a   Schiff, Manuel ^b   Cheillan, David ^b   Wermuth, Bendicht ^b   Häberle, Johannes ^b   Vianey Saban, Christine ^b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARGLUMIC ACID; GLUTAMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO-ACID N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 23944487025     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.04.059     Document Type: Article

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