Neuropsychiatric disturbances in presumed late-onset cobalamin C disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1457-1462

  Roze, Emmanuel ^a   Gervais, David ^a   Demeret, Sophie ^a   De Baulny, Hélène Ogier ^b   Zittoun, Jacqueline ^c   Benoist, Jean François ^b   Said, Gérard ^d   Pierrot Deseilligny, Charles ^a   Bolgert, Francis ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COBAMAMIDE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MECOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COBALAMIN C DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LYMPHOCYTE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COBAMIDES; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SURAL NERVE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0141889835     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.10.1457     Document Type: Article

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