Efficacy of low-dose dextromethorphan in the treatment of nonketotic hyperglycinemia

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 924-926

  Alemzadeh, Ramin ^a   Gammeltoft, Karsten ^a   Matteson, Karla ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZOIC ACID; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENOBARBITAL;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LETHARGY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEIZURE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0029896004     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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