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Brain glucose supply and the syndrome of infantile neuroglycopenia.
Archives of neurology - 1 Apr 2007
Pascual Juan M, Wang Dong, Hinton Veronica, Engelstad Kristin, Saxena Chitra M, Van Heertum Ronald L, De Vivo Darryl C
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OBJECTIVE: To describe neuroglycopenia as a specific syndrome caused by insufficient glucose availability during brain development. DESIGN: Neurologic examinations, neuropsychologic tests, biochemical methods, and functional imaging. PARTICIPANTS: Patients afflicted by genetic mutation of the cerebral glucose transporter type 1 and a patient afflicted by persistent infantile hypoglycemia (hyperinsulinism) matched...
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