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Two cases of citrullinaemia presenting with stroke

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Urea cycle disorders are known to be unusual causes of stroke. We report two infant cases of citrullinaemia that both initially presented with a stroke and suggest that urea cycle disorders should be included in the differential diagnosis of unexplained stroke during infancy and childhood.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    J. H. Choi & H. Kim

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, 388–1, Pungnap-Dong, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, 138–736, Korea

    H. W. Yoo

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  1. J. H. Choi
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Correspondence to H. W. Yoo.

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Communicating editor: Garry Brown

Competing interests: None declared

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Choi, J.H., Kim, H. & Yoo, H.W. Two cases of citrullinaemia presenting with stroke. J Inherit Metab Dis 29, 182–183 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-006-0194-2

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