Neuropathology in Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-258

  Knerr, Ina ^a,b   Gibson, K Michael ^c   Murdoch, Geoffrey ^c   Salomons, Gajja S ^d   Jakobs, Cornelis ^d   Combs, Susan ^a   Pearl, Phillip L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SUCCINATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUCCINATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; DEATH, SUDDEN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEIZURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUCCINATE-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949475279     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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