Methylmalonic acidemia: Brain imaging findings in 52 children and a review of the literature

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1054-1061

  Radmanesh, Alireza ^a   Zaman, Talieh ^b   Ghanaati, Hossein ^b   Molaei, Sanaz ^c   Robertson, Richard L ^d   Zamani, Amir A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; CT; Inborn error of metabolism; Methylmalonic acid; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEMYELINATION; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51649122899     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0940-8     Document Type: Article

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