Functional involvement of central nervous system in mitochondrial disorders

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-180

  Di Lazzaro, V ^a   Restuccia, D ^a   Servidei, S ^a   Valeriani, M ^a   Nardone, R ^a   Manfredi, G ^a   Silvestri, G ^a   Ricci, E ^a   Tonali, P ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial myopathies; Motor evoked potentials; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030993609     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)96671-6     Document Type: Article

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