Molybdenum cofactor deficiency: Report of three cases presenting as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 264-270

  Topcu, Meral ^a   Coskun, Turgay ^a   Haliloglu, Goknur ^a   Saatci, Isil ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MOLYBDENUM; PHENOBARBITAL; S SULFOCYSTEINE; SULFITE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035022115     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380101600406     Document Type: Article

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