Phenylalanine loading in pediatric patients with dopa-responsive dystonia: Revised test protocol and pediatric cutoff values

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 697-703

  Opladen, Thomas ^a   Okun, Jürgen G ^a   Burgard, Peter ^a   Blau, Nenad ^b,c   Hoffmann, Georg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; DOPAMINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSTONIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSTONIC DISORDER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STANDARD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHENYLALANINE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952612221     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9164-9     Document Type: Article

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