"Stiff neonate" with mitochondrial DNA depletion and secondary neurotransmitter defects

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 403-405

  Moran, Margaret M ^a   Allen, Nicholas M ^a   Treacy, Eileen P ^a   King, Mary D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LEVODOPA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROLACTIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THREONINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUTROTRANSMITTER DISORDER; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFLEX DISORDER; TREMOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 81855212762     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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