Genetic bases and clinical manifestations of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) deficiency

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-156

  Desbats, Maria Andrea ^a,b   Lunardi, Giada ^a,b   Doimo, Mara ^a,b   Trevisson, Eva ^a,b   Salviati, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Pediatric Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UBIQUINOL; UBIQUINONE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ATAXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ATAXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 84939891852     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-014-9749-9     Document Type: Article

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