Late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in male patients: Prognostic factors and characteristics of plasma amino acid profile

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-111

  Harada, Eimei ^a   Nishiyori, Atsushi ^a   Tokunaga, Yasuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Yoriko ^a   Kuriya, Norikazu ^a   Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^b   Kuno, Tateo ^c   Kuromaru, Ryuichi ^d   Hirose, Shinichi ^e   Ichikawa, Kotaro ^f   Yoshino, Makoto ^a,b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Late onset; Male; Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMMONIA; ARGININE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; LACTULOSE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALOSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PH; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALAISE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAUSEA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STUDENT T TEST; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; CHILD; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LIVER; LYSINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645407403     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02181.x     Document Type: Article

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