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Successful liver transplantation for argininosuccinate lyase deficiency (ASLD)

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Liver transplantation was performed in a girl with early-onset ASLD, leading to unrestricted protein intake and no further neurological deterioration.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Ghent, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent, 9000, Belgium

    E. Robberecht, S. Maesen, A. Jonckheere, S. Van Biervliet & D. Carton

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  1. E. Robberecht
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Correspondence to S. Maesen.

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Communicating editor: Georg Hoffmann

Competing interests: None declared

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Robberecht, E., Maesen, S., Jonckheere, A. et al. Successful liver transplantation for argininosuccinate lyase deficiency (ASLD). J Inherit Metab Dis 29, 184–185 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-006-0145-y

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