Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency in human rabies

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Willoughby, R E ^a,h   Opladen, T ^b   Maier, T ^c   Rhead, W ^a   Schmiedel, S ^d   Hoyer, J ^c   Drosten, C ^e   Rupprecht, C E ^f   Hyland, K ^g   Hoffmann, G F ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g Medical Neurogenetics   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMANTADINE; ASCORBIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CATECHOLAMINE; DESMOPRESSIN; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEOPTERIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYLALANINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; RIBAVIRIN; RIBOFLAVIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THIAMINE; TOCOPHEROL; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRBAC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DIURESIS; DYSAUTONOMIA; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSALIVATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYDRIASIS; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; RABIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPTERIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PHENYLKETONURIAS; RABIES; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 59749105128     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-008-0949-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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