Idebenone treatment in Friedreich's ataxia: Neurological, cardiac, and biochemical monitoring

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1679-1681

  Buyse, G ^a   Mertens, L ^a   Di Salvo, G ^a   Matthijs, I ^a   Weidemann, F ^a   Eyskens, B ^a   Goossens, W ^a   Goemans, N ^a   Sutherland, G R ^a   Van Hove, J L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARUMA; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN 9; IDEBENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038187688     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000068549.52812.0F     Document Type: Article

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