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Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2009 Jun 17;24(10):1316–1320. doi: 10.1177/0883073809333531

Table 1.

Metabolic Abnormalities During Hospitalization.

	Hospital Day
	1	2	3	4
Carbon Dioxide (mEq/L)	*14, 19*			18
AST (U/L)			38
Lactate (mMol/L)		*2.4*		1.9
Pyruvate (mMol/L)	*0.152*
Ammonia (mcg/dL)		*258*	*441*	*138*
Alanine (uMol)	304
Lysine (uMol)	84
Alanine/Lysine Ratio (<2.5)	*3.6*
Urine Organic Acids (Present)	succinic, 4-OH-PHE-Acetic, aconitic, hippuric, citric, 2-oxoglutaric