Intermittent hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a child with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 645-647

  Gulati, Sheffali ^a   Menon, Shaii ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Kalra, Veena ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hyperammonemia; Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency; Recurrent encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BENZOIC ACID; CARNITINE; EXCITOTOXIN; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INHERITANCE; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN SCREENING; PROTEIN INTAKE; RECURRENT DISEASE; UREA CYCLE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 4043084845     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02724127     Document Type: Article

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