Different strategies in the treatment of dihydropteridine reductase deficiency

Pteridines

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 107-109

  Spada, M ^a   Blau, N ^b   Meli, C ^c   Ferrero, G B ^a   De Sanctis, L ^a   Ferraris, S ^a   Ponzonc, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE; LEVODOPA; SELEGILINE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DRUG USE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029856227     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.1996.7.3.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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