Posterior cerebral artery occlusion after mycoplasma pnuemoniae infection associated with genetic defect of MTHFR C677T

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 891-894

  Ryu, Ju Seok ^a   Kim, Ha Jung ^a   Sung, In Young ^a   Ko, Tae Sung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hyperhomocysteinemia; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Stroke

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; THREONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67949112791     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808331081     Document Type: Article

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