Hypertension in Leigh syndrome - A case report

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 265-267

  Narita, T ^a   Yamano, T ^a   Ohno, M ^a   Takano, T ^a   Ito, R ^a   Shimada, M ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Leigh syndrome; Medulla oblongata; Mitochondrial cytopathy

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; PROPRANOLOL; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEIGH DISEASE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADRENAL GLANDS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; KIDNEY; LEIGH DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031672074     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973572     Document Type: Article

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