GABA Synthesis and Pyridoxine Seizures

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-6-6

Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Jun 1994)

GABA Synthesis and Pyridoxine Seizures

J Gordon Millichap

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J Gordon Millichap: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-6-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 6
pp. 44 – 44

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A reduction in pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) dependent enzyme, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD),which synthesizes GABA, is reported in a 3 month-old infant with seizures responsive to pyridoxine treated at University of California, Davis.

Published in Pediatric Neurology Briefs

ISSN: 1043-3155 (Print); 2166-6482 (Online)
Publisher: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://pediatricneurologybriefs.com

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