N-carbamylglutamate treatment for acute neonatal hyperammonemia in isovaleric acidemia

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 799-801

  Kasapkara, Cigdem Seher ^a   Ezgu, Fatih Suheyl ^a   Okur, Ilyas ^a   Tumer, Leyla ^a   Biberoglu, Gursel ^a   Hasanoglu, Alev ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Isovaleric acidemia; N Carbamylglutamate; Neonatal hyperammonemia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARGLUMIC ACID; CARNITINE; GLYCINE; ISOVALERIC ACID;

ACIDEMIA; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT; ISOVALERIC ACIDEMIA; KETONURIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOVALERYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959737731     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1362-9     Document Type: Article

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