5 結果
Congenital hyperargininaemia is a rare condition transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. Following a one-year free interval, repeated vomiting, psychomotor regression and spastic paraparesis with talipes equinus progressively develop. The diagnosis, confirmed by arginine assays in blood and
BACKGROUND
Argininemia is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of the urea cycle. Because of its atypical symptoms in early age, diagnosis can be delayed until the typical chronic manifestations - including spastic diplegia, deterioration in cognitive function, and epilepsy - appear in later
Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are thought to present in infancy with acute decompensation including feeding intolerance and vomiting, lethargy, and coma. Most practitioners assume that children will be diagnosed in their first months of life. However, certain IEMs present more insidiously, and
An 18-year-old mentally and physically retarded boy, suffering from episodes of anorexia, vomiting, coma and convulsion which have been severer with advance in age, had periodic hyperammonemia, hyperlysinemia and homocitrullinuria. Blood cell arginase activity of the patient on normal diet was
Glucagon receptor (GCGR) defect (Mahvash disease) is an autosomal recessive hereditary pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) syndrome that has only been reported in adults with pancreatic α cell hyperplasia and PNETs. We describe a 7-year-old girl with persistent hyperaminoacidemia, notable for