Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with urea cycle disorders in a developing country

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Ibarra González, Isabel ^a   Fernández Lainez, Cynthia ^a   Vela Amieva, Marcela ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hyperammonemia; Inborn errors of metabolism; Metabolic diseases; Mexico; Mortality; Newborn screening; Urea cycle disorders

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UREA CYCLE DISORDER;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; UREA CYCLE DISORDERS, INBORN;

EID: 77149127415     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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