Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy Presenting With Seizure at Birth: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-139

  Chang, Ying Chao ^a   Huang, Chao Ching ^b   Huang, Song Chei ^a   Hung, Fang Chih ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROXISOMAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES;

EID: 38149022670     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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