Discrete gait characteristics are associated with m.3243A>G and m.8344A>G variants of mitochondrial disease and its pathological consequences

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-82

  Galna, Brook ^a   Newman, Jane ^b,c   Jakovljevic, Djordje G ^c   Bates, Matthew G ^b,c   Schaefer, Andrew M ^b   McFarland, Robert ^b   Turnbull, Douglass M ^b   Trenell, Michael I ^c   Gorman, Gráinne S ^b,c   Rochester, Lynn ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Disease severity; Gait; Genotype; Mitochondrial disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895075532     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7129-2     Document Type: Article

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