The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 123-124 , January 2001

Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency and pancreatitis

Received 22 November 1999 ,Revised 22 June 2000 ,Accepted 27 June 2000.

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☆ Reprint request: Gerard T. Berry, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology/Diabetes, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St & Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

PII: S0022-3476(01)06354-5

doi: 10.1067/mpd.2001.109792

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 123-124 , January 2001

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