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Hyperammonaemic encephalopathy in a 13-year-old boy

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  1. Nephrology Unit, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland

    Guido F. Laube & Thomas J. Neuhaus

  2. Division of Metabolism and Molecular Paediatrics, University Childeren's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    Andrea Superti-Furga

  3. Intensive Care Unit, Ostschweizer Kinderspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Michele Losa

  4. Intensive Care Unit, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    Vera Büttiker

  5. Division of Infectious Diseaases, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    Christoph Berger

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Laube, G.F., Superti-Furga, A., Losa, M. et al. Hyperammonaemic encephalopathy in a 13-year-old boy. Eur J Pediatr 161, 163–164 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-001-0887-3

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