Juvenile-onset Leigh syndrome with an acute polyneuropathy at presentation

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 574-576

  Stickler, David E ^a   Carney, Paul R ^b   Valenstein, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0041882240     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180081101     Document Type: Article

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