Muscle computed tomography patterns in patients with the mitochondrial DNA mutation 3243A>G

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 556-563

  Kärppä, Mikko ^a   Mahjneh, Ibrahim ^b   Karttunen, Ari ^a   Tolonen, Uolevi ^a   Majamaa, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Pietarsaari Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

MELAS; Muscle CT; Myopathic pattern; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CREATINE KINASE; GUANINE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POINT MUTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542447426     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0363-x     Document Type: Article

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