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Hyperhomocysteinemias

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Hyperhomocysteinemias are associated with a diversity of neurological problems, ranging from mental retardation to signs of subacute combined degeneration of cord and brain, and to cerebral infarctions.

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  1. Department of Child Neurology, Free University Hospital, De Boelelaan 1117, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Marjo S. van der Knaap MD, PhD

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Free University Hospital, De Boelelaan 1117, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jacob Valk MD, PhD

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van der Knaap, M.S., Valk, J. (1995). Hyperhomocysteinemias. In: Magnetic Resonance of Myelin, Myelination, and Myelin Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03078-3_38

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