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[Lactic acidosis and accumulation of glutamate in the blood of neonates following treatment with calcium levulinate for hypocalcaemia].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 26 May 2007
Williams M, Huijmans J G M, Duran M, de Klerk J B C, van Maldegem B T, Poll-The B T
Abstract excerpt
The data from 5 clinics concerning 8 infants, who had developed severe lactic acidosis and hyperglutamic acidaemia were reviewed. Blood-lactate levels were up to 15 mmol/l (reference level: < 2) and plasma-glutamate levels up to 1632 pmol/l (reference level: 14-78), and there was no concomitant hyperglutaminaemia (levels up to 1032 micromol/l (reference level: 333-809)). A positive correlation between the amount...
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