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Glucose transporter type1 (GLUT-1) deficiency.
Brain & development - 1 Oct 2003
Gordon Neil, Newton Richard W
Abstract excerpt
Glucose transporter type1 (GLUT-1) deficiency may be rare, but it is a preventable cause of severe learning difficulties; and therefore there is an urgency in making an early diagnosis. Suspicions must be roused when intractable seizures occur in infancy. These may be associated with acquired microcephaly and developmental delay. The finding of low glucose sugar levels in the cerebrospinal fluid, but not in the...
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