Burlina A B, Peduto A, Di Palma A, Bellizzi A, Sperlì D, Morrone A, Burlina A P
Metabolic Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedale, Università di Padova, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128, Padua, Italy.
J Inherit Metab Dis. 2006 Feb;29(1):179-81. doi: 10.1007/s10545-006-0193-3.
We report a male patient with a history of recurrent idiopathic vomiting, normal plasma ammonia and glutamine concentrations in acute phase, who died at 3 years of age. Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency was diagnosed after detecting elevated urinary orotate concentrations in a sample collected just before death, and the diagnosis was confirmed by DNA analysis.