Adult-onset ataxia and polyneuropathy caused by mitochondrial 8993T→C mutation

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 337-340

  Rantamäki, Maria T ^a   Soini, Heidi K ^b,c   Finnilä, Saara M ^b,c   Majamaa, Kari ^b,c,d   Udd, Bjarne ^e,f  

^a SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NARP SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 23244454643     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20555     Document Type: Article

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