Myoclonic encephalopathy and diabetes mellitus in a boy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 489-490

  Lenti, C ^a   Bognetti, E ^a   Bonfanti, R ^a   Bonifacio, E ^a   Meschi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEURORADIOLOGY; OPSOCLONUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 0033062681     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001216229900105X     Document Type: Article

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