Histidinemia. a case with resolution of myoclonic seizures after treatment with a low-histidine diet

Dyme, I.Z.; Horwitz, S.J.; Bacchus, B.; Kerr, D.S.

American Journal of Diseases of Children 137(3): 256-258

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-922X
PMID: 6823923
Document Number: 199439
An infant with histidinemia had a myoclonic seizure disorder that was unresponsive to therapy with anticonvulsants. The seizures stopped promptly after a histidine-restricted diet was instituted. This case suggests that in some individuals with histidinemia, diet therapy may be effective. It is not known what distinguishes this case from previously reported cases in which diet therapy was not effective.

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