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Urea cycle defect: a case with MR and CT findings resembling infarct

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A 21/2 year old girl was admitted to the hospital because of recurrent vomitting, impaired consciousness, and hyperammonemia. MR and CT findings resembled an infarct, but she was found to have a defect in the urea cycle, partial ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.

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  1. A. C. Mamourian M.D.

    Present address: Department of Radiology, The milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, 17033, Hershey, PA, USA

  2. A. du Plessis

    Present address: Department of Neurology, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA

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Mamourian, A.C., du Plessis, A. Urea cycle defect: a case with MR and CT findings resembling infarct. Pediatr Radiol 21, 594–595 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012608

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