Urea Cycle Disorders in Neonates: Six Case Reports

Abstract

Urea cycle disorders are a group of diseases associated with hyperammonemia, which causes severe neurological sequelae, seizures and psychomotor retardation. In this study, six newborn cases diagnosed between 2010-2014 as citrullinemia Type I (four cases) and argininosuccinic aciduria (two cases) are presented in terms of clinical course and treatment responses.

Keywords

• Newborn
• urea cycle disorder
• peritoneal dialysis