Two infants with infantile spasms associated with vitamin B12 deficiency

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 144-146

  Malbora, Baris ^a,b   Yuksel, Deniz ^b   Aksoy, Ayse ^b   Ozkan, Mehpare ^b  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Dr Sami Ulus Research and Training Hospital of Women's and Children's Health and Diseases   (Turkey)

Author keywords

infantile spasms; seizure; treatment; vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84902468626     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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