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Experience with the treatment of argininosuccinic aciduria during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Reid L.,
Perreault É.,
Lafrance G.,
Clarke J. T. R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/s10545-009-1145-5
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , pediatrics , arginine , obstetrics , biology , biochemistry , amino acid , genetics
Summary We present the details of the management and the outcome of a pregnancy of a woman affected with argininosuccinic aciduria. Management with a closely monitored, protein‐restricted diet, supplemented with L‐arginine, resulted in the birth of a healthy infant boy and an uneventful perinatal course for the mother.