Coenzyme Q10 and neurological diseases

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 134-149

  Mancuso, Michelangelo ^a   Orsucci, Daniele ^a   Calsolaro, Valeria ^a   Choub, Anna ^a   Siciliano, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q10; Idebenone; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial diseases; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ATORVASTATIN; EZETIMIBE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IDEBENONE; PLACEBO; REMACEMIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; SIMVASTATIN; UBIDECARENONE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COENZYME Q10 DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIGRAINE; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 74549200825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph203134     Document Type: Review

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