Frequency and Pathophysiology of Acute Liver Failure in Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTCD).

Frequency and Pathophysiology of Acute Liver Failure in Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTCD).

BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure (ALF) has been reported in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) and other urea cycle disorders (UCD). The frequency of ALF in OTCD is not well-defined and the pathogenesis is not known. AIM:To evaluate the prevalence of ALF in OTCD, we analyzed the Swiss patien...

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Main Authors: Alexander Laemmle, Renata C Gallagher, Adrian Keogh, Tamar Stricker, Matthias Gautschi, Jean-Marc Nuoffer, Matthias R Baumgartner, Johannes Häberle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4829252?pdf=render

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