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Acute Encephalopathy
New acute encephalopathy study findings have been published by scientists at Queen Mary Hospital
March 16th, 2008
"Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is the commonest urea cycle disorder which is transmitted in X-linked inheritance. It is mainly characterized in males by acute encephalopathy and hyperammonaemia with fatal outcomes in both classical neonatal and late-onset types," researchers in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China report. "We report a 3-year-old healthy Hong Kong Chinese boy who presented with acute encephalopathy and coma after three days of gastroenteritis. He had no focal neurological deficit and brain CT imaging was normal. His plasma ammonia (54 mu mol/L) and glutamine (747 mu mol/L) concentrations were normal. The only biochemical abnormalities detected...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-03-16)
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