Article
Beta-ureidopropionase deficiency presenting with febrile status epilepticus.
Epilepsia - 1 Jan 2006
Assmann Birgit E, Van Kuilenburg Andre B P, Distelmaier Felix, Abeling Nico G G M, Rosenbaum Thorsten, Schaper Jörg, Duran Marinus, Mayatepek Ertan
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Beta-ureidopropionase is the third enzyme in the catabolic pathway of uracil and thymine. To date, only three other patients are reported with this inborn error of metabolism. We report the clinical presentation of a male patient who presented at the age of 4 months after an ALTE-like event (ALTE = acute life-threatening event) with febrile status epilepticus. Such a clinical presentation has not been...
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