hyperammonemia love

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  • noun A metabolic disturbance characterized by excessive ammonia in the blood.

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  • The second most common cause of hyperinsulinism is the hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome, in which the gene defect has nothing to do with the potassium channel, but instead interferes with the metabolism of glutamate in the cell, causing excessive insulin secretion.

    Diazoxide 2010

  • GDH-HI is also known as hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome (HI/HA).

    What is HI? 2010

  • Stanley CA, Lieu YK, Hsu BY, Burlina AB, Greenberg CR, Hopwood NJ, et al. Hyperinsulinism and hyperammonemia in infants with regulatory mutations of the glutamate dehydrogenase gene.

    Resources for Professionals 2010

  • Molecular basis and characterization of the hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome: predominance of mutations in exons 11 and 12 of the glutamate dehydrogenase gene.

    Resources for Professionals 2010

  • A syndrome of congenital hyperinsulinism and hyperammonemia. [see comments].

    Resources for Professionals 2010

  • GHD HI - Also referred to as hyperinsulinism-hyperammonemia syndrome or HI-HA.

    What is HI? 2010

  • The syndrome -- called supplement-associated hyperammonemia after cachectic episode (SHAKE) -- appears to cause difficulty

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Left untreated, urea cycle disorders can cause dangerously heightened levels of ammonia in the bloodstream (hyperammonemia) resulting in brain damage, coma, and/or death.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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