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Tomoaki Kato, MD; Eichi Tanaka, MD; Setsuko Horisawa, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1976;130(12):1340-1344.

Abstract
• A 3-year-old boy with hyperdibasic-aminoaciduria and hyperammonemia showed characteristics of familial protein intolerance (FPI). Oral loading tests of lysine and arginine disclosed a remarkably reduced capability for intestinal absorption of these amino acids. Because urinary excretion and renal clearance of dibasic amino acids were only moderately elevated in the patient, the conspicuously decreased serum concentration of lysine, arginine, and ornithine was attributed to the defect in intestinal absorption. A possible explanation for elevated blood ammonia levels in FPI is that it is due to a deficiency of arginine and ornithine in the urea cycle that in turn results from a severe impairment in absorption of the amino acids by the gut mucosa.

(Am J Dis Child 130:1340-1344, 1976)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Nagoya (Japan) University.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku Nagoya, Japan (Dr Kato).

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