Treatment with vigabatrin may mimic α-aminoadipic aciduria

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 803-805

  Vallat, C ^a,c   Rivier, F ^b   Bellet, H ^a   Magnan de Bornier, B ^a   Mion, H ^a   Echenne, B ^b  

^a Institute of Biology   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^c Institut De Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Aminoadipic acid; Vinyl GABA

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ACIDURIA; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029796654     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00655.x     Document Type: Article

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