Outpatient Treatment of Propionic Acidemia-Associated Hyperammonemia With N-Carbamoyl-L-Glutamate in an Infant

Soyucen E., DEMIRCI E., AYDIN A.

CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS, vol.32, no.4, pp.710-713, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2010.04.004
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.710-713
  • Keywords: propionic acidemia, organic acidemia, hyperammonemia, treatment, N-carbamoyl-L-glutamate, ACETYLGLUTAMATE SYNTHETASE, METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA, MANAGEMENT, DEFICIENCY, DIAGNOSIS, ACIDURIAS
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this research letter was to describe the use of N-carbamoyl-L-glutamate as first-line treatment of hyperammonemia in a 4-month-old female patient with propionic acidemia (PA).