Reversible white matter lesion in methionine adenosyltransferase I/III deficiency

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1843-1845

  Tada, Hiroko ^a   Takanashi, Jun Ichi ^a   Barkovich, A James ^c   Yamamoto, Shigenori ^a,b   Kohno, Yoichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMOSHIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 3; PYRIDOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOENZYME;

ANAMNESIS; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METHIONINSE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 16644376107     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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