Arginine to ornithine ratio as a diagnostic marker in patients with positive newborn screening for hyperargininemia
Arginase deficiency is a rare inborn error of metabolism that interrupts the final step of the urea cycle. Untreated individuals often present with episodic hyperammonemia, developmental delay, cognitive impairment, and spasticity in early childhood. The newborn screening (NBS) algorithms for argina...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-06-01
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Series: | Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221442692100029X |