Effect of idebenone on cardiomyopathy in Friedreich's ataxia: A preliminary study

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9177, 1999, Pages 477-479

  Rustin, Pierre ^a   Von Kleist Retzow, Jürgen Christoph ^a   Chantrel Groussard, Karine ^a   Sidi, Daniel ^a   Munnich, Arnold ^a   Rötig, Agnès ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; IDEBENONE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0033533071     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01341-0     Document Type: Article

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