Journal article
Muscle Phosphofructokinase Deficiency With Neonatal Seizures and Nonprogressive Course
Abstract
Muscle phosphofructokinase deficiency is known to cause childhood-onset exercise intolerance, muscle cramps, and myoglobinuria. Rarely, phosphofructokinase deficiency manifests in infancy as congenital myopathy and arthrogryposis with fatal outcome. Here, the authors report the case of a 2-year-old boy with infantile phosphofructokinase deficiency who presented on the third day of life with intractable seizures. Two of his sisters died in …
Authors
Al-Hassnan ZN; Mustafa Al Budhaim; Al-Owain M; Lach B; Al-Dhalaan H
Journal
Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 106–108
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
January 2007
DOI
10.1177/0883073807299968
ISSN
0883-0738