Adult onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: An unusual cause of semantic disorders

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1073-1075

  Rimbaux, S ^a   Hommet, C ^a,b   Perrier, D ^a   Cottier, J P ^c   Legras, A ^c   Labarthe, F ^d   Lemarcis, L ^c   Autret, A ^a   Maillot, F ^c  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Hôpital Bretanneau   (France)

^d Centre de Pediatrie Clocheville   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARNITINE; CITRULLINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; READING; SEMANTICS; UREA CYCLE; WRITING;

ADULT; APHASIA; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 3042718119     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.026542     Document Type: Article

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