Unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms: Think mitochondrial disease

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Chapman, Thomas P ^a   Hadley, Gina ^a   Fratter, Carl ^b   Cullen, Sue N ^c   Bax, Bridget E ^d   Bain, Murray D ^d   Sapsford, Robert A ^e   Poulton, Joanna ^f   Travis, Simon P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Rectory Meadow Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial disease; Unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE; UNEXPLAINED GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; OPTIC ATROPHY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892367322     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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