Vitamin B12 deficiency may cause benign familial infantile convulsions: A case report

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1158-1160

  Lundgren, J ^a   Blennow, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; SWEDEN;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SWEDEN; VIGABATRIN; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032849816     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950168261     Document Type: Article

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