Resting muscle pain as the first clinical symptom in children carrying the MTTK A8344G mutation

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-246

  van de Glind, Gretha ^a   de Vries, Maaike ^a   Rodenburg, Richard ^a   Hol, Frans ^a   Smeitink, Jan ^a   Morava, Eva ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Heteroplasmy; MERRF; Mitochondrial disease; Resting muscle pain

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROPLASMY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; MYOCLONUS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; PAIN; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34249697553     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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