Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: A review

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 633-638

  Rajesh, R ^a   Girija, A S ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Neonatal seizures; Pyridoxine dependent seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIDOXINE;

APRAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BREATH HOLDING; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME DEFECT; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; PYRIDOXINE DEPENDENT SEIZURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VOMITING;

CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEIZURES; VITAMIN B 6 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0041809072     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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