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Carglumic acid is an orphan drug, marketed by Orphan Europe under the trade name Carbaglu. Carglumic acid is used for the treatment of hyperammonaemia in patients with N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency. The initial daily dose ranges from 100 to 250 mg/kg, adjusted thereafter to maintain normal plasma levels of ammonia.

References

• Caldovic L, Morizono H, Daikhin Y, Nissim I, McCarter RJ, Yudkoff M, Tuchman M (2004). "Restoration of ureagenesis in N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency by N-carbamylglutamate". J Pediatr 145 (4): 552–4. PMID 15480384.

• Elpeleg O, Shaag A, Ben-Shalom E, Schmid T, Bachmann C (2002). "N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency and the treatment of hyperammonemic encephalopathy". Ann Neurol 52 (6): 845–9. PMID 12447942.