Beneficial effects of L-serine and glycine in the management of seizures in 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase deficiency

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-265

  De Koning, Tom J ^a   Duran, Marinus ^a   Dorland, Lambertus ^a   Gooskens, Rob ^a   Van Schaftingen, Emile ^b   Jacken, Jaak ^c   Blau, Nenad ^d   Berger, Ruud ^a   Poll The, Bwee Tien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Intl Inst Molec Cell Pathol C   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE DEHYDROGENASE; SEIZURES; SERINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 0031830219     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440219     Document Type: Article

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