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NEW YORK TIMES YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT DIES FROM UNDIAGNOSED OTC DEFICIENCY

April 27, 2017 NEW YORK TIMES YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT DIES FROM UNDIAGNOSED OTC DEFICIENCY:  Despite reporting stomach pains and vomiting to emergency room personnel, a young woman dies from hyperammonemia due to undiagnosed OTC deficiency. A simple test in the ER - an ammonia level - could have saved her life. 

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