Late diagnosis of cerebral folate deficiency: Fewer seizures with folinic acid in adult siblings

Neurology: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ferreira, Patrick ^a   Luco, Stephanie M ^b   Sawyer, Sarah L ^b   Davila, Jorge ^b   Boycott, Kym M ^b   Dyment, David A ^b  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FOLATE TRANSPORTER; FOLINIC ACID;

BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL FOLATE DEFICIENCY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; STOMACH TUBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 85024374951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23767839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000038     Document Type: Note

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