Autonomic symptoms in carriers of the m.3243A>G mitochondrial DNA mutation

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 976-979

  Parsons, Timothy ^a   Weimer, Louis ^a   Engelstad, Kristin ^a   Linker, Alex ^b   Battista, Vanessa ^a   Wei, Ying ^a   Hirano, Michio ^a   DiMauro, Salvatore ^a   De Vivo, Darryl C ^a   Kaufmann, Petra ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DIZZINESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955460889     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.174     Document Type: Article

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