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Neonatal cholestasis: an uncommon presentation of hyperargininemia.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2010
Gomes Martins Esmeralda, Santos Silva Ermelinda, Vilarinho Silvia, Saudubray Jean Marie, Vilarinho Laura
Abstract excerpt
Hyperargininemia is a rare inborn error of metabolism due to arginase deficiency, which is inherited in an autossomal recessive manner. Arginase is the final enzyme of the urea cycle and catalyzes the conversion of arginine to urea and ornithine. This condition typically presents in early childho...
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