Table 1

Inherited metabolic disorders which may cause primary hyperammonaemia (HA)8

Urea cycle disorders
Enzyme Deficiency
 1. Ornithine carbamoyl transferase deficiency
 2. Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency
 3. Citrullinaemia
 4. Argininosuccinic aciduria
 5. Argininaemia
 6. N-Acetylglutamate synthetase deficiency
Transporter Defect
 1. Citrin deficiency-aspartate glutamate carrier
 2. Hyperornithinaemia, HA and homocitrullinuria (3 hour syndrome)-ornithine transport