Reversible brain creatine deficiency in two sisters with normal blood creatine level

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 511-513

  Bianchi, Maria Cristina ^a   Tosetti, Michela ^b   Fornai, Francesco ^c   Alessandri', Maria Grazia ^b   Cipriani, Paola ^b   De Vito, Giuseppe ^b   Canapicchi, Raffaello ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CREATINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL RETARDATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034077740     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200004)47:4<511::AID-ANA15>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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