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Creatine Deficiency Syndromes: Diagnostic Pearls and Pitfalls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2016

Claire Hinnell*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom
Michael Samuel
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford, United Kingdom
Fadi Alkufri
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom
Keyoumars Ashkan
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom
Yusof Rahman
Affiliation:
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, Ashford, United Kingdom
Charles Turner
Affiliation:
WellChild Laboratory, King's College London, Evelina Children's Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, Ashford, United Kingdom
R. Neil Dalton
Affiliation:
WellChild Laboratory, King's College London, Evelina Children's Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom
Lina Nashef
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, Ashford, United Kingdom
*
Foothills Medical Centre, 12th Floor, Neurosciences, 1403 - 29th St. NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 2011

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