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247546 Acute neonatal citrullinemia type I

definition

Acute neonatal citrullinemia type I is a severe form of citrullinemia type 1 (see this term) characterized biologically by hyperammonemia and clinically by progressive lethargy, poor feeding and vomiting, seizures and possible loss of consciousness, within one to a few days of birth, with variable signs of increased intracranial pressure. The condition can lead to significant neurologic deficits.