Conventional MRI and MR spectroscopy in nonclassical mitochondrial disease: Report of three patients with mitochondrial DNA deletion

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1355-1359

  Vedolin, Leonardo ^a,d   Moura de Souza, Carolina Fischinger ^b,c   Schwark, Rogerio ^a   Lopes, Bianca C ^a   Laybauer, Leticia Saldanha ^b   Saraiva Pereira, Maria Luiza ^b,c   Giugliani, Roberto ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mitochondrial disorders; Mitochondrial DNA; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES;

EID: 33748994004     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0082-y     Document Type: Article

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