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Urea Cycle Disorders

Background

The urea cycle is the metabolic pathway by which waste nitrogen is converted to urea, which is then excreted in the urine.

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Medical text written October 2001 by Dr M Champion. Last updated January 2006 by Dr M Champion, Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, UK.

 

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