Effectiveness of creatine monohydrate in mitochondrial encephalomyopathies

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Komura, Kiyomi ^a   Hobbiebrunken, Elke ^b   Wilichowski, Ekkehard K G ^b   Hanefeld, Folker A ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BRAIN DISEASE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CREATINE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0037231131     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00469-1     Document Type: Article

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