A novel mutation in ARG1 gene is responsible for arginase deficiency in an Asian family

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1601-1603

  Hertecant, Jozef L ^a   Al Gazali, Lihadh I ^a   Karuvantevida, Noushad S ^a   Ali, Bassam R ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE;

ARG1 GENE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MENTAL DISEASE; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ARGINASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERARGININEMIA; MUTATION;

EID: 74749103332     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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