Autistic disorder in 2 children with mitochondrial disorders

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1121-1123

  Tsao, Chang Yong ^a   Mendell, Jerry R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Mitochondrial

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UBIDECARENONE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTISM; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ATROPHY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 34548673780     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807306266     Document Type: Article

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