Neurological outcome of methylmalonic acidaemia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 508-512

  Nicolaides, P ^a   Leonard, J ^a   Surtees, R ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wolfson Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Methylmalonic acidaemia

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031777789     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.6.508     Document Type: Article

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