Mitochondrial respiratory chain defects are not accompanied by an increase in the activities of lactate dehydrogenase or manganese superoxide dismutase in paediatric skeletal muscle biopsies

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 925-931

  Hargreaves, I P ^a   Heales, S J R ^a   Land, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; HUMANS; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEDIGREE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0032712684     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005643508075     Document Type: Article

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