urea cycle disorder (DOID:9267)
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Synonyms: disorder of metabolism of ornithine, citrulline, argininosuccinic acid, arginine and ammonia; disorder of urea cycle metabolism; urea cycle defect
Alt IDs: ICD10CM:E72.2, ICD9CM_2006:270.6, ICD9CM:270.6, MESH:D056806, NCI:C84785, UMLS_CUI:C0154246
Definition: An amino acid metabolic disorder that involves a deficiency of one of the enzymes in the urea cycle which is responsible for removing ammonia from the blood stream.