Intermittent peripheral weakness as the presenting feature of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 462-466

  Debray, Francois G ^a   Lambert, Marie ^a   Vanasse, Michel ^a   Decarie, Jean Claude ^a   Cameron, Jessie ^b   Levandovskiy, Valeriy ^b   Robinson, Brian H ^b   Mitchell, Grant A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Episodic weakness; Intermittent; Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; PROLINE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PDHA1 GENE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; WEAKNESS;

EID: 33744471151     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0104-5     Document Type: Article

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