Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy initially responsive to phenobarbital

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 4 A, 2007, Pages 1026-1029

  Lin, Jaime ^a,c   Lin, Katia ^b   Masruha, Marcelo Rodrigues ^a   Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira ^a  

^a Division of Child Neurology

^b Epilepsy Research and Treatment Unit

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neurologic manifestations; Pyridoxine

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOUTH DISEASE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; RARE DISEASE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 37649012139     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000600023     Document Type: Article

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