LATE-ONSET FORM OF PARTIAL N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE SYNTHETASE DEFICIENCY

被引:20
作者
ELPELEG, ON
COLOMBO, JP
AMIR, N
BACHMANN, C
HURVITZ, H
机构
[1] BIKUR CHOLIM HOSP,NEUROPAEDIAT UNIT,JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
[2] UNIV BERN,INSELSPITAL,DEPT CLIN CHEM,CH-3000 BERN,SWITZERLAND
关键词
Hyperammonaemia; N-acetylglutamate synthetase deficiency;
D O I
10.1007/BF02034751
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
A 13-month-old female presented with neurological deterioration of 1 month duration and hyperammonaemia. N-acetylglutamate synthetase activity in the liver was reduced to 33% of the control. A male cousin and a female sister had died following a similar clinical course. This is the first report of late-onset N-acetylglutamate synthetase deficiency. An autosomal-recessive mode of inheritance is suggested. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.
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