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Citrullinemia type 1: genetic diagnosis and prenatal diagnosis in subsequent pregnancy.
Indian pediatrics - 1 Oct 2013
Karthikeyan G, Jagadeesh Sujatha, Seshadri Suresh, Häberle J
Abstract excerpt
Citrullinemia type 1 was diagnosed by tandem mass spectrometry in a full term male neonate who presented with an acute catastrophic collapse on the 3rd day of life. Both parents were identified to be carriers for the exon 15 p Gly390Arg mutation in the argininosuccinate synthetase gene located at chromosome 9q34.1. Chorionic villus sampling and prenatal genetic testing in the subsequent pregnancy revealed an...
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