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An OTC deficiency 'phenocopy' in association with Klinefelter syndrome.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Feb 2007
Swarts L, Leisegang F, Owen E P, Henderson H E
Abstract excerpt
Late-onset urea cycle disorder in a 20-month-old boy is unusually associated with Klinefelter syndrome with a 47XXY karyotype. We record the typical clinical and biochemical findings of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency in a young boy with a short history of recurrent vomiting, self mutilating behaviour, lethargy, ataxia and seizures. Laboratory studies showed hyperammonaemia and orotic aciduria, with...
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