Case report of acquired pyroglutamic acidemia in a pediatric patient

Case report of acquired pyroglutamic acidemia in a pediatric patient

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Pyroglutamic acid (also known as 5-oxoproline) is an organic acid intermediate of the gamma-glutamyl cycle. Accumulation of pyroglutamic acid is a rare cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis. In the pediatric population, the congenital form of pyroglutamic acidemia has been extensively described...

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Main Authors: Adrianne Rahde Bischoff, Alícia Dorneles Dornelles, Ana Luiza Tainski de Azevedo, Valentina Chakr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2015-09-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
glutathione synthetase deficiency
5-oxoprolinemia
pyroglutamic acidemia
metabolic acidosis
Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/57714

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