Therapeutic approach in a case of Pearson's syndrome

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Zaffanello, M ^a   Zamboni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; De Toni Debr Fanconi syndrome; Kearns Sayre syndrome; Pearson's syndrome

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARNITINE; CITRIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; ETIRACETAM; HYDROCORTISONE; PHOSPHORUS; UBIQUINONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PIRACETAM;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY REGIONS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONVALESCENCE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PEARSON SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TREMOR; BONE MARROW DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FANCONI SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYER SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PIRACETAM; SODIUM BICARBONATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33644621124     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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