Mitochondrial mimicry of multiple system atrophy of the cerebellar subtype

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 753-755

  Mehta, Arpan R ^a   Fox, Susan H ^a   Tarnopolsky, Mark ^b   Yoon, Grace ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Mitochondrial disease; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinsonism; Polymerase gamma gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POLG1 GENE; POSITIONAL DIZZINESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

CEREBELLUM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 79954989631     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23510     Document Type: Article

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