Neurological implications of urea cycle disorders
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Urea cycle disorders.
Most patients with urea cycle disorders who present as neonates, do so with deteriorating feeding, drowsiness and tachypnoea, following a short initial period when they appear well. The plasma ammonia should be measured at the same time as the septic screen in such patients. Ammonia levels above 200 micromol/l are usually caused by inherited metabolic diseases and it is essential to make a diag...
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The treatment of newborns with urea cycle disorders has evolved over the years into a complex multidisciplinary effort. The complexity derives from the number of issues that must be addressed simultaneously. At the Urea Cycle Disorders Consensus Meeting held in Washington, D.C., a panel of physicians and other professionals with extensive experience in this field was assembled to bring some sys...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0141-8955,1573-2665
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-007-0709-5