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Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency based on a hemizygous p.R277W mutation causing life-threatening hyperammonemic crisis during treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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  1. Abteilung Hämatologie und Onkologie, Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, 07747, Jena, Germany

    Ellen Ritter, Hans-Jörg Fricke, Sebastian Scholl, Andreas Hochhaus & Paul La Rosée

  2. Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany

    Ralf A. Husain

  3. Hans-Berger-Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany

    Tino Prell

  4. Institut für Humangenetik, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Katrin Hinderhofer

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Ritter, E., Husain, R.A., Hinderhofer, K. et al. Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency based on a hemizygous p.R277W mutation causing life-threatening hyperammonemic crisis during treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Ann Hematol 90, 857–859 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-010-1106-y

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