Concomitant administration of sodium dichloroacetate and vitamin B1 for lactic acidemia in children with MELAS syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 450-452

  Kuroda, Y ^a   Ito, M ^a   Naito, E ^a   Yokota, I ^a   Matsuda, J ^a   Saijo, T ^a   Kondo, S ^a   Yoneda, Y ^a   Miyazaki, M ^a   Mori, K ^a   Iwamoto, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROACETIC ACID; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0030694109     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)80075-3     Document Type: Article

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