Genetic and biochemical findings in Chinese children with Leigh syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1591-1594

  Ma, Yan Yan ^a   Wu, Tong Fei ^b   Liu, Yu Peng ^b   Wang, Qiao ^b   Song, Jin Qing ^b   Li, Xi Yuan ^b   Shi, Xiu Yu ^a   Zhang, Wei Na ^a   Zhao, Meng ^a   Hu, Lin Yan ^a   Yang, Yan Ling ^b   Zou, Li Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Leigh syndrome; Mitochondrial disorders; Mitochondrial gene; Mitochondrial respiratory complex deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATPASE6 GENE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX I DEFICIENCY; COMPLEX II DEFICIENCY; COMPLEX III DEFICIENCY; COMPLEX V DEFICIENCY; COXII GENE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEIGH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOTOR REGRESSION; ND2 GENE; ND3 GENE; ND5 GENE; ND6 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RESPIRATORY COMPLEX DEFICIENCY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRNA ALANINE GENE; TRNA ARGININE GENE; TRNA GENE; TRNA GLYCINE GENE; WEAKNESS;

LEIGH SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY COMPLEX DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 84886086901     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.03.034     Document Type: Article

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