N-carbamylglutamate markedly enhances ureagenesis in N-acetylglutamate deficiency and propionic acidemia as measured by isotopic incorporation and blood biomarkers

Pediatric Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-217

  Tuchman, Mendel ^a,e   Caldovic, Ljubica ^a   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^b   Horyn, Oksana ^b   Nissim, Ilana ^b   Nissim, Itzhak ^b   Korson, Mark ^c   Burton, Barbara ^d   Yudkoff, Marc ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 13; CARGLUMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID; STABLE ISOTOPE; UREA; ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N CARBAMYLGLUTAMATE; N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE; N-CARBAMYLGLUTAMATE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA; UREA CYCLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIC ACIDS; UREA;

EID: 52649162400     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e318179454b     Document Type: Article

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