Acute leukoencephalopathy possibly induced by phenytoin intoxication in an adult patient with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Arai, Motomi ^a   Osaka, Hitoshi ^b  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leukoencephalopathy; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency; Missense mutation; MTHFR; Phenytoin; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; MECOBALAMIN; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959982260     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03064.x     Document Type: Article

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