Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: Demographic, clinical MRI and psychometric features, and effect of dose on intelligence quotient

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 998-1006

  Baxter, P ^a   Griffiths, P ^a   Kelly, T ^a   Gardner Medwin, D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; AGNOSIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSPRAXIA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MACROCEPHALY; NERVOUSNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEIZURE; STRABISMUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOMITING;

EID: 0029850279     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15060.x     Document Type: Article

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