Autoantibodies to folate receptors in the cerebral folate deficiency syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1985-1991

  Ramaekers, Vincent T ^a   Rothenberg, Sheldon P ^b   Sequeira, Jeffrey M ^b   Opladen, Thomas ^a,c   Blau, Nenad ^c   Quadros, Edward V ^b   Selhub, Jacob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBRAL FOLATE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 18344395924     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa043160     Document Type: Article

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