Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: Long-term follow-up of two cases with clinical and MRI findings, and pyridoxine treatment

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 303-306

  Ulvi, Hizir ^a   Müngen, Bülent ^a   Yakinci, Cengiz ^b   Yoldaş, Tahir ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DAPTA 12; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MULTIVITAMIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PYRIDOXINE DEPENDENT SEIZURE;

CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRIDOXINE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0036796926     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.5.303     Document Type: Article

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