An 18-year-old woman with hyperammonemia

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 869-871

  Sehli, Sharmila ^a   Nugent, Kenneth M ^a   Samathanam, Christina A ^a   Alalawi, Raed ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ASPARAGINASE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUOROURACIL; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFADIAZINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACIDURIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERAMMONEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LEUKEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REYE SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREA CYCLE; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 62149092843     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1611     Document Type: Article

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