The phenotype of ostensibly healthy women who are carriers for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
The phenotype of ostensibly healthy women who are carriers for ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
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DOI:
10.1097/00005792-199811000-00004
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发表时间:
1998-11-01
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Brusilow, SW
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作者:
Maestri, NE;Lord, C;Brusilow, SW
Nocturnal enuresis is a common problem that pro-duces many emotional, social, and even psychologic disturbances in patients and their families. The reported prevalence is 10%–15% among 7 year olds, 5%–10% for 10 year olds, and 1%-2% for 18 year olds (4, 7–9). The etiology is unknown, exceptin about 5% of cases in which the enuresis is due to disease or anatomical defects, or is deliberate. Most current theories (12, 16) suggest that genetic, organic, developmental, and psychosocial factors all play a role. Treatment of nocturnal enuresis includes medica-tion (imipramine hydrochloride [Tofranil, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ][12], oxybutynin [Ditropan, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Kansas City, MO][12], and desmopressin [DDAVP])(13, 16, 17, 20), behavioral procedures (dry bed training, alarms, urine retention training, and sphincter control exercises)(1, 2, 5, 12), behavioral therapy (21), psychotherapy (12), and hypnotherapy (12). None of these has yet to achieve complete success, and the treatment of choice remains controversial (6). Pharmacologic methods, especially with imipramine hydrochloride and DDAVP, have been reported to produce an initial positive response, followed by a high rate of relapse upon drug withdrawal (13, 16, 17, 20). Moffatt et al (17) reviewed all 18 randomized controlled trials of DDAVP published before 1993 and concluded that DDAVP produces complete dryness only in a minority of cases and only in the short term. However, it is noteworthy that all these trials, and the more recently published randomized con-trolled trials (22, 23), were performed on a relatively