Depressive episode with catatonic features in a case of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1307-1309

  Ryu, Ju Seok ^a   Lee, Sook Joung ^a   Sung, In Young ^a   Ko, Tae Sung ^a   Yoo, Han Ik ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A3243G; Depression; MELAS

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; ESCITALOPRAM; GUANINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DROWSINESS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MELAS SYNDROME; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; BRAIN; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CATATONIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELAS SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 74949115056     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809334380     Document Type: Article

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