The clinical presentation of mitochondrial diseases in children with progressive intellectual and neurological deterioration: A national, prospective, population-based study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 434-440

  Verity, Christopher M ^a   Winstone, Anne Marie ^a   Stellitano, Lesley ^a   Krishnakumar, Deepa ^a   Will, Robert ^b   Mcfarland, Robert ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 77953157233     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03463.x     Document Type: Article

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