Late presentation of biotinidase deficiency with acute visual loss and gait disturbance

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 830-831

  Rahman, Shamima ^a   Standing, Susan ^b   Dalton, R Neil ^c   Pike, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTINIDASE;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031449290     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07552.x     Document Type: Article

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