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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Role of early management of hyperornithinaemia-hyperammonaemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome in pregnancy.

Matthew James Billingham, Rania Rizk

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew James BillinghamDepartment of Anaesthesia, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK mbillingham@doctors.org.uk.
Rania RizkDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Heartlands Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperornithinaemia-hyperammonaemia-homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome is a rare inherited metabolic disorder of the urea cycle. Few reports exist to guide practices during pregnancy and fetal delivery. Yet, with affected patients often surviving into reproductive age, appropriate management of the peripartum phase is essential to ensure positive maternal and fetal outcomes.Reassuringly, the vast majority of offspring of parturients with HHH syndrome have normal developmental outcomes; yet as seen here, fetal growth restriction does appear more frequently. Furthermore, in addition to the absent fetal corpus callosum observed in this case, other fetal cerebral abnormalities, including speech delay and intellectual impairment, have been recognised.Unregulated dietary intake is one proposed factor for the observed disruption in fetal growth and early cerebral development. These stipulations not only reinforce the importance of extensive planning and teamwork, but also demonstrate the importance of timely intervention by a metabolic dietician and dietary compliance in the early organogenesis stage of pregnancy.

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HyperammonemiaUrea Cycle Disorders, InbornCitrullineFemaleHumansOrnithinePregnancyCitrullineOrnithinemedical managementmetabolic disorderspregnancy

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PMID34210698
PMCPMC8252674
OpenAlexW3177140268

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