A case of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy associated with a muscle coenzyme Q10 deficiency

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Boitier, Eric ^a   Degoul, Françoise ^a   Desguerre, Isabelle ^b   Charpentier, Christiane ^c   François, Dominique ^a   Ponsot, Gérard ^b   Diry, Monique ^a   Rustin, Pierre ^c   Marsac, Cécile ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q10; Encephalomyopathy; Respiratory chain; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PALMITOYLCARNITINE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PYRUVIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINIC ACID; UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RETINOPATHY; SEIZURE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLAROGRAPHY; RETINAL DISEASES; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0032539874     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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