Issues for consideration in dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) deficiency: A variant form of hyperphenylalaninaemia

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Pogson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR)

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMINO ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLONAZEPAM; DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVODOPA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYLALANINE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANGER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030867372     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1997.tb00699.x     Document Type: Article

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