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To the Editor: Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is the most common inherited disorder of the urea cycle.^1,2 It is an X-linked disease that can range in severity from hyperammonemic coma in neonates to the absence of symptoms in adults.^1,2 Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with this disease.³ However, this disease has another implication for liver transplantation, as demonstrated by the following case.

In December 1998, a 65-year-old woman underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for liver cirrhosis related to hepatitis C infection and hepatocellular carcinoma. She was extubated on the first postoperative day and initially did well (Table 1. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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