Treatable fluctuating mental impairment in a patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-104

  Tonomura, Yasuyo ^a   Hirano, Makito ^a   Shimada, Keiji ^a   Asai, Hirohide ^a   Ikeda, Masanori ^a   Kataoka, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Ichiro ^a   Konishi, Noboru ^a   Ueno, Satoshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bardet Biedl syndrome; Fluctuating mental impairment; Hyperammonemia; Liver biopsy; MRI; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; LACTITOL; MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PORTAL HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LAUGHTER; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57549114876     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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