Adult onset Leigh syndrome

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-57

  Pandit, Lekha ^a   Narayanappa, Gayatri ^b   Shetty, Lathika ^a   Krishna, Sree ^a  

^a NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Deafness; Leigh syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mitochondrial cytopathy; Ptosis

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 34247191489     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.31488     Document Type: Article

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