Article
Clinical manifestations and growth of patients with urea cycle disorders in Japan.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2016
Nakamura Kimitoshi, Kido Jun, Matsumoto Shirou, Mitsubuchi Hiroshi, Endo Fumio
Abstract excerpt
We have previously examined the clinical manifestations, treatments and prognosis of 177 patients with urea cycle disorders (UCDs) from January 1999 to March 2009 in Japan. In this study, we investigated the incidence of clinical manifestations in different peak blood ammonia level at onset in UCD patients, and examined the growth of OTCD (ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency) patients. The UCD patients who had...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Body Height
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Growth and Development
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Japan
- Male
- Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease
- Phenotype
- Public Health Surveillance
- Urea Cycle Disorders, Inborn
