Adult leigh disease without failure to thrive

Neurologist

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 222-227

  Sakushima, Ken ^a   Tsuji Akimoto, Sachiko ^a   Niino, Masaaki ^a   Saitoh, Shinji ^a   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

adult; Leigh disease; mitochondrial deficits; Rahman's criteria

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MULTIVITAMIN; STEROID; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEIGH DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEIGH DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 79960330555     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e318217357a     Document Type: Article

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