Involuntary movements after correction of vitamin B12 deficiency: A video-case report

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-180

  Zanus, Caterina ^a   Alberini, Elena ^a   Costa, Paola ^a   Colonna, Franco ^b   Zennaro, Floriana ^a   Carrozzi, Marco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Involuntary movements; Video EEG; Vitamin B12 deficiency (vB12 deficiency)

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANOREXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETHARGY; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; DYSKINESIAS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELIN SHEATH; MYOCLONUS; TREMOR; VIDEO RECORDING; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84864564511     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0507     Document Type: Note

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