Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency Mimics Cerebral Palsy: Differentiating Factors for Diagnosis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-149

  Kikuchi, Kenjiro ^a,b   Hamano, Shin Ichiro ^a   Mochizuki, Hiroshi ^a   Ichida, Kimiyoshi ^c   Ida, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CREATININE; HYPOXANTHINE; METALLOPROTEIN; MIDAZOLAM; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR SYNTHESIS 2A; PHENOBARBITAL; SULFITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRONCHITIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; JAPANESE; KARYOTYPE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; QUADRIPLEGIA; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC SEIZURE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METAL METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN;

EID: 84863331972     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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