Hyperammonemic Coma in an Adult due to Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency [PDF]
Objective. To report an unusual cause of coma in an adult. Design. Case report. Setting. University teaching hospital. Patient. A previously healthy 53-year-old man initially presented with altered mental status and progressed to coma. He was found to be
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Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy due to Underlying Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency [PDF]
Boby V Maramattom, Priniya Saul
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Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: A diagnostic odyssey [PDF]
Knerr, Ina, Cassiman, David
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Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency: If at First You Do Not Diagnose, Try and Try Again [PDF]
Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency is well known for its diagnosis in the neonatal period. Presentation often occurs after protein feeding and manifests as poor oral intake, vomiting, lethargy progressing to seizure, respiratory difficulty, and ...
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Acute fulminant encephalopathy in an adult due to ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency [PDF]
Vivek K Nambiar +4 more
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Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is a rare X-linked genetic urea cycle disorder leading to episodes of acute hyperammonemia, adverse cognitive and neurological effects, hospitalizations, and in some cases death.
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Mesenchymal stem cells subset, educated by TNF‐α, are involved to generate inflammatory microenvironment and promote hepatocarcinogenesis Abstract Background and Aims Increasing evidence suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) home to injured local tissues and the tumor microenvironment in the liver.
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Aquaporin 9 Induction in Human iPSC-derived Hepatocytes Facilitates Modeling of Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency. [PDF]
BACKGROUND & AIMS Patient-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) differentiated into hepatocytes (hiPSC-Heps) have facilitated the study of rare genetic liver diseases.
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Induced pluripotent stem cell technology as diagnostic tool in patients with suspected ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency lacking genetic confirmation. [PDF]
Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency (OTCD) is an X-linked urea cycle disorder. In females - undergoing random X chromosomal inactivation (XCI) - disease severity depends on the XCI pattern.
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Considerations on urea cycle disorders: a child with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. [PDF]
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is the most common inside the group of the urea cycle disorders. Anesthesic management focus on reduce the patient ́s stress along all the surgical process.
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