Arterial ischemic stroke in a child with β-thalassemia trait and methylentetrahydrofolate reductase mutation

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-210

  Brankovic Sreckovic, Vesna ^a   Milic Rasic, Vedrana ^a   Djordjevic, Valentina ^b   Kuzmanovic, Milos ^c   Pavlovic, Sonja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING   (Serbia)

^c Mother and Child Health Institute Belgrade rs   (Serbia)

Author keywords

thalassemia trait; MTHFR mutation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION;

EID: 34249855771     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807300306     Document Type: Article

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