Hyperammonemia, or high ammonia levels, is a metabolic disturbance characterised by an excess of ammonia in the blood. It is a dangerous condition that...
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Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (redirect from Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, hyperammonemia due to)
presentation, any affected individual is at risk for an episode of hyperammonemia that could still be life-threatening, if presented with the appropriate...
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Rett syndrome (redirect from Cerebroatrophic Hyperammonemia)
November 2017. Rett initially called this syndrome cerebroaatrophic hyperammonemia, but the elevated ammonia levels in the bloodstream were later found...
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Ornithine translocase deficiency (redirect from Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinemia syndrome)
Ornithine translocase deficiency, also called hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive urea cycle...
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become elevated all the way back up the cycle to NH+ 4, resulting in hyperammonemia (elevated [NH+ 4]P). Although the root cause of NH+ 4 toxicity is not...
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Hyperinsulinism-hyperammonemia syndrome (HI/HA) is an autosomal dominant disorder that results in the excess production of insulin and ammonia in mammals...
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Transient hyperammonemia of the newborn (THAN) is an idiopathic disorder occasionally present in preterm newborns but not always symptomatic. Continuous...
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Lactulose (section Hyperammonemia)
consistent results.[medical citation needed] Lactulose is useful in treating hyperammonemia (high blood ammonia), which can lead to hepatic encephalopathy. Lactulose...
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computer game Hungry Hungry Hippos, a 1978 tabletop game Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome, a genetic disorder HHH(1,13), a run-length...
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storage diseases may show transient exercise-induced alkalosis (high pH), hyperammonemia, and myogenic hyperuricemia. During a non-ischemic forearm exercise...
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blood (hyperammonemia). Likewise, defects in the enzymes responsible for the urea cycle, such as ornithine transcarbamylase, lead to hyperammonemia. Hyperammonemia...
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tone. Without treatment, death can occur quickly, due to secondary hyperammonemia, infection, cardiomyopathy, or brain damage. Propionic acidemia can...
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placebo. Sodium benzoate, along with phenylbutyrate, is used to treat hyperammonemia. Sodium benzoate, along with caffeine, is used to treat postdural puncture...
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an X-linked recessive pattern. OTC deficiency is also accompanied by hyperammonemia and high orotic acid levels. BUN is usually reported in mg/dL in some...
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production and diclofenac production. It is also employed to treat type II hyperammonemia to help reduce the amounts of ammonia in a patient's bloodstream by...
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Giménez-Garzó, C; González-Usano, A; Felipo, V (June 2013). "Chronic hyperammonemia, glutamatergic neurotransmission and neurological alterations". Metabolic...
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arginine to avoid an excess of ammonia in the blood, otherwise known as hyperammonemia, isoleucine, leucine, valine, lysine, methionine as a sulfur-containing...
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people who take megadoses of nutritional supplements and vitamins. Hyperammonemia, elevated level of ammonia in blood (including cerebral edema/intracranial...
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same, while in severe cases symptoms can advance to amino aciduria and hyperammonemia. In a large Asian series of Distal renal Tubular Acidosis in Sjogren's...
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injury, excessive blood loss, malnutrition, hypothermia, hyperthermia, hyperammonemia, abnormal glucose levels, and many other biological disorders. Furthermore...
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330 – 440 pmol/L Ammonia 10, 20 35, 65 μmol/L See hypoammonemia and hyperammonemia 17, 34 60, 110 μg/dL Copper (Cu) 70 150 μg/dL See hypocupremia or hypercupremia...
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builds up in the blood plasma as ammonia glutamine (a state called hyperammonemia) due to deficiences in the enzymes carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I...
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Carglumic acid is indicated for the treatment of acute hyperammonemia and chronic hyperammonemia. "Prescription medicines: registration of new chemical...
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also prophylactically in high risk patients. Acetyl-L-carnitine lowers hyperammonemia less markedly than L-carnitine. Valproate inhibits CYP2C9, glucuronyl...
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in humans. In another metabolic disorder, in the hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome, first described in 1969, ornithine...
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retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), developmental disability, transient hyperammonemia, cerebral palsy, and intraventricular hemorrhage, the latter affecting...
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ill, under stress, or after consuming high amounts of carbohydrates. Hyperammonemia High levels of ammonia in the blood; can cause confusion, weakness,...
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metabolic disorders can include ketolactic acidosis, organic aciduria, hyperammonemia, rash, hypotonia, seizures, developmental delay, alopecia and coma....
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accumulates in the blood stream and crosses the blood–brain barrier. Hyperammonemia in central nervous system (CNS) cells causes oxidative stress and mitochrondrial...
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It's mainly seen in diseases that cause increased levels of ammonia (hyperammonemia), such as chronic liver disease and Wilson's disease. They are not associated...
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