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GLUT1 deficiency syndrome--2007 update.
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Sept 2007
Klepper Joerg, Leiendecker Baerbel
Abstract excerpt
GLUT1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS, OMIM 606777) is a treatable epileptic encephalopathy resulting from impaired glucose transport into the brain. The essential biochemical finding is a low glucose concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF; hypoglycorrhachia; mean 1.7 [SD 0.3mmol/L]) in the setting of normoglycaemia. CSF lactate is normal. Patients present with an early-onset epilepsy resistant to...
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