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A female carrier of ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency masquerading as attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
Brain & development - 1 Sept 2014
Kim Se Hee, Lee Jin Sook, Lim Byung Chan, Kim Ki Joong, Hwang Yong Seoung, Park June Dong, Cheon Jung-Eun, Kim In-One, Kim Boong-Nyun, Chae Jong-Hee
Abstract excerpt
Many females who are heterozygous for ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC) deficiency are asymptomatic or intermittently symptomatic with great phenotypic variability. Therefore, the diagnosis of this condition is occasionally a challenge and is often delayed. A 12-year-old girl who was initially diagnosed as having attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) became comatose and developed right-sided...
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