Biotinidase deficiency: A treatable genetic disorder in the Saudi population

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1213-1217

  Joshi, S ^a   Al Essa, M A ^a   Archibald, A ^a   Ozand, P T ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BIOTIN; BIOTINIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECESSIVE GENE; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BIOTIN; BIOTINIDASE; BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; SAUDI ARABIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033232222     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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