Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency presenting with strokelike episodes

J Christodoulou; I A Qureshi; R R McInnes; J T Clarke

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83432-8

Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency presenting with strokelike episodes

J Pediatr. 1993 Mar;122(3):423-5. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83432-8.

Authors

J Christodoulou¹, I A Qureshi, R R McInnes, J T Clarke

Affiliation

¹ Division of Clinical Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 8441099
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83432-8

Abstract

A girl with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency had a history of recurrent strokelike episodes. The differential diagnosis of unexplained stroke should include primary urea cycle defects.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebrovascular Disorders / diagnosis
Cerebrovascular Disorders / etiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hemiplegia / etiology*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease*
Recurrence