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Risk of hyperammonemic coma in the puerperium: two cases of women with diagnosed and undiagnosed deficiency of urea cycle enzymes

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Pages 404-406 | Received 20 Nov 2009, Accepted 08 Dec 2009, Published online: 26 Jan 2010

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