Neurological manifestations of folate transport defect: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 783-786

  Sofer, Yael ^a   Harel, Liora ^a   Sharkia, Mohamad ^b,c   Amir, Jacob ^a   Schoenfeld, Tommy ^a   Straussberg, Rachel ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c General Health Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

Folate; Hereditary folate malabsorption

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHIONINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GAIT DISORDER; GAZE PARALYSIS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCYTOPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SOMNOLENCE; TREMOR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 34447114975     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807304004     Document Type: Article

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