Clinical recognition and aspects of the cerebral folate deficiency syndromes

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-511

  Ramaekers, Vincent ^b   Sequeira, Jeffrey M ^a   Quadros, Edward V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Choline; Folate; Folate receptor autoimmunity; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLATE RECEPTOR 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ATAXIA; AUTISM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRADYKINESIA; CEREBRAL FOLATE DEFICIENCY; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; LATENT PERIOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION SYNDROME; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RETT SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION;

EID: 84882313250     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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