Improved neurologic prognosis for a patient with propionic acidemia who received early living donor liver transplantation

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-29

  Nagao, Masayoshi ^a   Tanaka, Toju ^a   Morii, Mayuko ^a   Wakai, Shuji ^a,b   Horikawa, Reiko ^c   Kasahara, Mureo ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Nakanoshima Clinic   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG findings; Epilepsy; Living donor liver transplantation; Metabolic decompensation; Propionic acidemia

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARNITINE; CITRIC ACID; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; GLYCINE; METHYLCITRIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; PROPIONYL GLYCINE; PROPIONYLCARNITINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONISAMIDE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA;

EID: 84871716158     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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