TRMA syndrome (thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia): A case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 205-209

  Ozdemir, Mehmet Akif ^a   Akcakus, Mustafa ^a   Kurtoglu, Selim ^a   Gunes, Tamer ^a   Torun, Yasemin Altuner ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deafness; Diabetes mellitus; Megaloblastic anemia; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BINDING AFFINITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIAMINE RESPOSIVE MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036919272     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5448.2002.30407.x     Document Type: Article

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