Biotinidase deficiency: A reversible metabolic encephalopathy. Neuroimaging and MR spectroscopic findings in a series of four patients

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 848-856

  Desai, Shrinivas ^a   Ganesan, Karthik ^a,b   Hegde, Anaita ^a  

^a JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotinidase deficiency; Children; Encephalopathy; MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BIOTIN; BIOTINIDASE; CHOLINE; CREATINE; LACTIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 47249122906     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0904-z     Document Type: Article

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