Presentation and Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Disorders in Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 305-313

  Koenig, Mary Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ATAXIA; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POINT MUTATION; POLAROGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; STROKE; TREMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRAIN; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION;

EID: 41849123439     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.12.001     Document Type: Review

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