A rare case of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy with novel ALDH7A1 mutation
Feifei Luo1, Ying Ruan2, Ying Xiong1
1Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China.
Asian Journal of Surgery
|May 9, 2024
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