Dropped head presentation of mitochondrial myopathy

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-114

  Rahim, Fazal ^a   Gupta, Devanshi ^a   Bertorini, Tulio E ^a   LeDoux, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropped head; Mitochondrial; Muscle biopsy; Myopathy; Ragged red fibers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CARNITINE; CERIVASTATIN; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FUROSEMIDE; LACTIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAHR DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 4644253662     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131402-200312000-00007     Document Type: Review

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