MELAS: A nationwide prospective cohort study of 96 patients in Japan

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1820, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 619-624

  Yatsuga, Shuichi ^a,c   Povalko, Nataliya ^a   Nishioka, Junko ^a   Katayama, Koju ^a   Kakimoto, Noriko ^a   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a   Kakuma, Tatsuyuki ^b   Koga, Yasutoshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kurume University Graduate School of Medicine Kurume University Graduate School of Medicine Graduate School Biostatistics   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; MELAS; Natural course; Prevalence; Severity of disease; Survival curve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE RATING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; SHORT STATURE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGININE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859430997     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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