Mutations in a thiamine-transporter gene and Wernicke's-like encephalopathy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1792-1794

  Kono, Satoshi ^a   Miyajima, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshida, Kenichi ^a   Togawa, Akashi ^a   Shirakawa, Kentaro ^a   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; GENE PRODUCT; THIAMINE; THIAMINE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLC19A3 GENE; THALAMUS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; DIPLOPIA; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MUTATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIBLINGS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME; THIAMINE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 65949123568     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0809100     Document Type: Letter

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