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Hyperammonemia

Known as: Elevated Ammonia Level, HYPERAMMONAEMIA, Hyperammonemia [Disease/Finding] 
Elevated level of AMMONIA in the blood. It is a sign of defective CATABOLISM of AMINO ACIDS or ammonia to UREA.
National Institutes of Health

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3-METHYLGLUTACONIC ACIDURIA WITH DEAFNESS, ENCEPHALOPATHY, AND LEIGH-LIKE SYNDROMEAdult-onset citrullinemia type 2Argininosuccinic AciduriaCARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE II DEFICIENCY, INFANTILE

Broader (1)

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Narrower (1)

Renal carnitine transport defect

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2004
2004
Neuropathology of citrullinaemia
SummaryThe examination of the central nervous system (CNS) of an 11-month-old citrullinaemic patient revealed an ulegyria with a… 
1995
1995
Valproate as a Cause of Hyperammonemia in Heterozygotes With ornithine-transcarbamylase Deficiency
Ornithine-transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency is the most common inherited cause of hyperammonemia. In males, OTC deficiency often… 
1986
1986
Effect of ammonia intoxication on cerebral blood flow, its autoregulation and responsiveness to carbon dioxide and papaverine.
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured in anaesthetised cats with 133Xe clearance method under normal conditions and with… 
1984
1984
Hyperammonemia in asterixis induced by carbamazepine: two case reports
ABSTRACT— Two patients developed asterixis while they were taking carbamazepine at “therapeutic” levels. The only laboratory… 
1982
1982
Hyperammonemia during total parenteral nutrition in children.
Serial blood ammonia (NH3) determinations in 19 low birth weight (LBW) infants, 14 term neonates and 12 children receiving total… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Ammonia accumulation and inhibition of photosynthesis in methionine sulfoximine treated spinach.
Ammonia accumulation and photosynthetic rate inhibition took place when spinach leaf tissue was supplied with methionine… 
1980
1980
Plasma ammonia levels in newborn infants admitted to an intensive care baby unit.
A fatal case associated with severe hyperammonaemia is described in which no urea cycle enzyme deficiency could be found. This… 
1979
1979
Effect of hyperammonaemia on blood glucose and plasma insulin levels in sheep.
The effects of continuous intravenous infusions (6 h) of ammonium chloride (5.6; 11.2; and 16.8 mumol.kg-1.min) on plasma glucose… 
1978
1978
Neonatal hyperammonaemia with complete absence of liver carbamyl phosphate synthetase activity.
Two newborn infants, male (A) and female (B), with lethal hyperammonaemia are described in the same family. In both, symptoms… 
1969
1969
Periodic attacks of lethargy in a baby with ammonia intoxication due to a congenital defect in ureogenesis.
Hyperammonaemia due to a deficient urea cycle (Fig. 1) has been attributed to at least four distinct enzyme defects: (1… 
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