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Pyridoxal phosphate dependency, a newly recognized treatable catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy

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  1. Department of Neurology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    P. L. Pearl

  2. Clinical Epilepsy Branch, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

    P. L. Pearl

  3. Division of Pediatric Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA

    S. M. Gospe

  4. Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    S. M. Gospe

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Pearl, P.L., Gospe, S.M. Pyridoxal phosphate dependency, a newly recognized treatable catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy. J Inherit Metab Dis 30, 2–4 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-008-9974-1

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