Unusual presentations of patients with the mitochondrial MERRF mutation A8344G

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 859-863

  Wiedemann, Falk R ^a   Bartels, Claudius ^a   Kirches, Elmar ^a   Mawrin, Christian ^b   Wallesch, Claus W ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

MERRF; Mutation analysis; Phenotype; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 49749127253     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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