Fulminant respiratory muscle paralysis, an expanding clinical spectrum of mitochondrial A3243G tRNALeu mutation

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 467-472

  Amornvit, Jakkrit ^a   Pasutharnchat, Nath ^a   Pachinburavan, Monvasi ^a   Jongpiputvanich, Sungkom ^a   Joyjinda, Yutthana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

A3243G mutation; Bilateral diaphragmatic weakness; Mitochondrial disease; Myopathy; Neuromuscular respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENE; HEART ARREST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVENTILATION; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA GENE; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POINT MUTATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MUTATION; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902284139     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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