Restoration of ureagenesis in N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency by N-carbamylglutamate

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 552-554

  Caldovic, Ljubica ^a   Morizono, Hiroki ^a   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a   Nissim, Itzhak ^a   McCarter, Robert J ^a   Yudkoff, Marc ^a   Tuchman, Mendel ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; CARGLUMIC ACID; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; N CARBAMYLGLUTAMATE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; N ACETYLGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO-ACID N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; UREA;

EID: 5144230046     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.06.047     Document Type: Article

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