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Hypoacetylaspartia: Clinical and Biochemical Follow-Up of a Patient

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N-Acetylaspartate

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, Neurological Clinic, University Hospital, Via Giustiniani 5, I-35128, Padova, Italy

    Alessandro P. Burlina

  2. Department of Neurology, University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    B. Schmitt & Eugen Boltshauser

  3. Laboratory of Pediatrics and Neurology, University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    U. Engelke & Ron A. Wevers

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Metabolic Unit, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

    Alberto B. Burlina

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  1. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    John R. Moffett  & Aryan M. A. Namboodiri  & 

  2. University of Albany, Albany, NY, 12222, USA

    Suzannah B. Tieman

  3. National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Daniel R. Weinberger

  4. McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02178, USA

    Joseph T. Coyle

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Burlina, A.P., Schmitt, B., Engelke, U., Wevers, R.A., Burlina, A.B., Boltshauser, E. (2006). Hypoacetylaspartia: Clinical and Biochemical Follow-Up of a Patient. In: Moffett, J.R., Tieman, S.B., Weinberger, D.R., Coyle, J.T., Namboodiri, A.M.A. (eds) N-Acetylaspartate. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 576. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30172-0_20

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