Late-adult onset Leigh syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-202

  McKelvie, Penelope ^a   Infeld, Bernard ^b   Marotta, Rosetta ^a   Chin, Judy ^a   Thorburn, David ^c   Collins, Steven ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Epworth Richmond Hospital   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex IV activity; Cytochrome oxidase deficiency; Late adult onset; Leigh syndrome; Mitochondrial encephalopathy; Non alcoholic Wernicke's disease

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RABEPRAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ALERTNESS; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEATH; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 84856194514     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.09.009     Document Type: Review

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