title: Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency presenting with strokelike episodes.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: McInnes
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020163:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease; D012008:Recurrence