Autism spectrum disorders associated to a deficiency of the enzymes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 605-612

  Guevara Campos, José ^a   González Guevara, Lucía ^a,b   Puig Alcaraz, Carmen ^c   Cauli, Omar ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b Epilepsy and Encephalography Unit   (Venezuela)

^c Department of Medicine   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autism; Lactate; Mitochondrial alteration; Muscular biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBOXYLYASE; CARNITINE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FOLIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); RISPERIDONE; SUCCINIC ACID; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UBIQUINONE; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTISM; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX I DEFICIENCY; COMPLEX III DEFICIENCY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DSM-IV; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JAUNDICE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSIS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UTERUS BLEEDING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES;

EID: 84887224318     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-013-9419-x     Document Type: Article

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