Letter to the Editor: 'Vitamin B 12 deficiency and seizures'

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 720-

  Yavuz, Halûk ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

CHILD CARE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WEST SYNDROME; INFANT; NOTE; SEIZURE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; SEIZURES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 50149118397     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03083.x     Document Type: Letter

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