Psycothic syndrome developing into dementia as a clinical manifestation of mitochondrial DNA deletion;Síndrome psicótica evoluindo com demência como manifestação clínica de deleção do DNA mitocondrial

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-117

  Vasconcellos, Luiz Felipe Rocha ^a   Leite, Ana Claudia Celestino ^a   Cavalcanti, José Luis Sá ^a   Moreira, Denise Madeira ^a   Feijó, Denise ^a   De Souza, Carolina Fischinger Moura ^a  

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Author keywords

Dementia; Genetic; Mitochondriopathy; Psychotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 34147160207     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000100023     Document Type: Article

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