Looking beyond the basal ganglia: The spectrum of MRI changes in methylmalonic acidaemia

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-378

  Harting, Inga ^a   Seitz, A ^a   Geb, S ^b   Zwickler, T ^a   Porto, L ^b   Lindner, M ^a   Kolker S ^a   Horster F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARNITINE; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; INSULIN; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A MUTASE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849140532     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-008-0801-5     Document Type: Article

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