Dipstick Diagnosis of Neonatal Seizure Disorder
Abstract
A dipstick test strip (Sulfistix) showing elevated urinary sulfite concentrations (400 mg/l) was used in diagnosis of molybdenum cofactor deficiency (MCD), an inborn errror of metabolism, in a male infant presenting with convulsions and cerebral dysgenesis at birth and followed for 3 years at the Klinik fur Kinder und Jugendmedizin, St Marlenhospital, Vechta, Germany.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-12-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 89 - 90
Published on: Dec 1, 1998
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1998 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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