Effects of dichloroacetate in three patients with MELAS

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 531-534

  Saitoh, S ^a   Momoi, M Y ^a   Yamagata, T ^a   Mori, Y ^a   Imai, M ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME C; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; IDEBENONE; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031886330     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.531     Document Type: Article

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