Should autistic children be evaluated for mitochondrial disorders?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-381

  Lerman Sagie, Tally ^a,b   Leshinsky Silver, Esther ^a,b   Waterberg, Nathan ^a,b   Lev, Dorit ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 3042819608     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380401900510     Document Type: Review

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