Mental retardation and behavioral problems as presenting signs of a creatine synthesis defect

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 540-543

  Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^d   Verhoeven, Nanda M ^d   Maaswinkel Mooij, Petra ^a   Pouwels, Petra J W ^d   Onkenhout, Wim ^a   Peeters, Els A J ^b   Stöckler Ipsiroglu, Sylvia ^c   Jakobs, Cornelius ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATININE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DYSPHASIA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION;

ASPARTIC ACID; BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0034032637     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200004)47:4<540::AID-ANA23>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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