Respiratory chain complex I deficiency in an infant with Ohtahara syndrome

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 322-325

  Castro Gago, Manuel ^a   Blanco Barca, Manuel Oscar ^a   Gómez Lado, Carmen ^a   Eirís Puñal, Jesús ^a   Campos González, Yolanda ^b   Arenas Barbero, Joaquín ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex I deficiency; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Ohtahara syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEFLAZACORT; FOLINIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPLEX I DEFICIENCY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEWBORN MONITORING; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SYNDROME;

EID: 60349130676     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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