Alternative pathway therapy for urea cycle disorders: twenty years later.

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Summary

It must be acknowledged that alternative pathway therapy has limited effectiveness in preventing hyperammonemia and must be combined with effective dietary management, and in children with neonatal-onset disease or in those with very poor metabolic control, liver transplantation should be considered.

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review
Published
2001-01-01
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Keywords

Medicine, Hyperammonemia, Urea cycle, Phenylbutyrate, Intensive care medicine

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