Pitfalls in diagnosing mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1199-1203

  Filosto, Massimiliano ^a   Scarpelli, Mauro ^b   Tonin, Paola ^b   Testi, Silvia ^b   Cotelli, Maria Sofia ^a   Rossi, Mara ^a   Salvi, Andrea ^a   Grottolo, Alberto ^a   Vielmi, Valentina ^a   Todeschini, Alice ^a   Fabrizi, Gian Maria ^b   Padovani, Alessandro ^a   Tomelleri, Giuliano ^b  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEOXYURIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MNGIE SYNDROME; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE BIOPSY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TYMP GENE;

EID: 84943014404     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-011-9332-6     Document Type: Article

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