Anemia in Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome: Often Expected, Rarely Encountered, and with a Fascinating Explanation

Neuropediatrics 2017; 48(05): 327-328
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603519

Editorial Commentary

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Anemia in Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome: Often Expected, Rarely Encountered, and with a Fascinating Explanation^[*]

Michèl A. Willemsen

¹Department of Pediatric Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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