Nitrous Oxide Toxicity with Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-7-7

Nitrous Oxide Toxicity with Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 17 (2003): Issue 7

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jul 2003

Abstract

The neurological deterioration and death of a child with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency following anesthetization with nitrous oxide are reported from the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, and McGill University, Montreal.

References

Selzer RR Rosenblatt DS Laxova R Hogan K Adverse effect of nitrous oxide in a child with 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency N Engl J Med 2003 Jul 3 349 1 45 50 10.1056/NEJMoa021867 12840091
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-7-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 53 - 54

Published on: Jul 1, 2003

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency,

Nitrous Oxide Anesthesias,

Infantile Fibrosarcoma

© 2003 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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