MR and proton MR spectroscopy of the brain in hyperhomocysteinemia caused by methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 536-539

  Engelbrecht, V ^a   Rassek, M ^a   Huismann, J ^a   Wendel, U ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance, spectroscopy; Metabolic disorder

Indexed keywords

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFANT; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; BETAINE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOTROPIC AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030960681     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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