Marshall L. Summar M.D. The urea cycle was first described in 1932 by Krebs and Henseleit [1] (Figure 36.1). The urea cycle disorders (UCD) result from defects in the metabolism of the extra nitrogen ...
THE synthesis of urea as the main end-product in protein metabolism in the mammalian body has been the subject of investigation since the early days of biochemical studies. The discovery by Kossel ...
Sandra A. Banta-Wright, MN, RNC, NNP; Robert D. Steiner, MD Neonates with profound and prolonged hyperammonemia with coma due to urea cycle defect will have had a neurological insult to the brain ...