Effect of long-term oral treatment with L-arginine and idebenone on the prevention of stroke-like episodes in an adult MELAS patient

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 852-855

  Lekoubou, A ^a   Kouame Assouan A E ^a   Cho, T H ^a   Luaute J ^b   Nighoghossian, N ^a   Derex, L ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b Hopital Henry Gabrielle   (France)

Author keywords

Idebenone; L arginine; MELAS syndrome; Stroke like episodes

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ETIRACETAM; IDEBENONE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MELAS SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; STROKE LIKE EPISODE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARGININE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 81155134769     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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