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Abstract
SUMMARY: Urea cycle defect is an inborn error of ammonium metabolism caused by a deficient activity of the enzymes involved in urea synthesis. Localized short-TE proton MR spectroscopy, performed in two infants who had citrullinemia and ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, respectively, showed a prominent increase of glutamine/glutamate and lipid/lactate complex in both cases. N-acetylaspartate, total creatine, and myo-inositol were decreased in the infant with citrullinemia. Proton MR spectroscopy provided useful information for the diagnosis and understanding of the pathophysiology of urea cycle enzyme defect.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11337324 PMCID: PMC8174930
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol ISSN: 0195-6108 Impact factor: 3.825