Peripheral Neuropathy in Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies

European Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-115

  Chu, Chun Che ^a   Huang, Chin Chang ^a   Fang, Wang ^a   Chu, Nai Shin ^a   Pang, Cheng Yoong ^b   Wei, Yau Huei ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies; NCS; Periperal neuropathy; Sural nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXONS; BIOPSY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POINT MUTATION; SURAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031053990     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117420     Document Type: Article

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