Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2
Citrullinaemia is a urea cycle defect that results from a deficiency of the enzyme arginosuccinate synthetase. Type 1 disease is diagnosed in childhood, whereas Type 2 disease is adult onset. We report the outcome of a patient with citrullinemia Type 2 who received a liver transplant at our center a...
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| author | Hui-Hui Tan Wan-Cheng Chow Kiat-Hon Lim Wei-Keat Wan Alexander Y. F. Chung Peng-Chung Cheow Chee-Kiat Tan |
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| description | Citrullinaemia is a urea cycle defect that results from a deficiency of the enzyme arginosuccinate synthetase. Type 1 disease is diagnosed in childhood, whereas Type 2 disease is adult onset. We report the outcome of a patient with citrullinemia Type 2 who received a liver transplant at our center and the implications of this diagnosis in liver transplantation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dec149ff54804f2ba16d6e07afa642462025-02-03T05:50:51ZengWileyJournal of Transplantation2090-00072090-00152011-01-01201110.1155/2011/176370176370Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2Hui-Hui Tan0Wan-Cheng Chow1Kiat-Hon Lim2Wei-Keat Wan3Alexander Y. F. Chung4Peng-Chung Cheow5Chee-Kiat Tan6Liver Transplant Service, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, SingaporeLiver Transplant Service, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, SingaporeLiver Transplant Service, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, SingaporeLiver Transplant Service, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, SingaporeLiver Transplant Service, Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, SingaporeLiver Transplant Service, Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, SingaporeLiver Transplant Service, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, SingaporeCitrullinaemia is a urea cycle defect that results from a deficiency of the enzyme arginosuccinate synthetase. Type 1 disease is diagnosed in childhood, whereas Type 2 disease is adult onset. We report the outcome of a patient with citrullinemia Type 2 who received a liver transplant at our center and the implications of this diagnosis in liver transplantation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/176370 |
| spellingShingle | Hui-Hui Tan Wan-Cheng Chow Kiat-Hon Lim Wei-Keat Wan Alexander Y. F. Chung Peng-Chung Cheow Chee-Kiat Tan Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2 Journal of Transplantation |
| title | Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2 |
| title_full | Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2 |
| title_fullStr | Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2 |
| title_short | Liver Transplantation in an Adult with Citrullinaemia Type 2 |
| title_sort | liver transplantation in an adult with citrullinaemia type 2 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/176370 |
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