A 73-year-old patient with adult-onset type II citrullinemia successfully treated by sodium pyruvate and arginine.
Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. mayazaki@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Masahide
M
Yazaki
Michiaki
M
Kinoshita
Shinji
S
Ogawa
Satoshi
S
Fujimi
Akira
A
Matsushima
Akiyo
A
Hineno
Ko-ichi
K
Tazawa
Kazuhiro
K
Fukushima
Ryo
R
Kimura
Makoto
M
Yanagida
Hidenori
H
Matsunaga
Takeyori
T
Saheki
Shu-ichi
S
Ikeda
D000368:Aged; D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood; D001120:Arginine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D020159:Citrullinemia / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000641:Ammonia; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D001120:Arginine
Aged patients; CTLN2; Citrin deficiency; Hepatic encephalopathy; Sodium pyruvate