CONCOMITANT ADMINISTRATION OF SODIUM DICHLOROACETATE AND VITAMIN-B-1 FOR LACTIC ACIDEMIA IN CHILDREN WITH MELAS SYNDROME

Authors
KURODA Y ITO M NAITO E YOKOTA I MATSUDA J SAIJO T KONDO S YONEDA Y MIYAZAKI M MORI K IWAMOTO H
Citation
Y. Kuroda et al., CONCOMITANT ADMINISTRATION OF SODIUM DICHLOROACETATE AND VITAMIN-B-1 FOR LACTIC ACIDEMIA IN CHILDREN WITH MELAS SYNDROME, The Journal of pediatrics, 131(3), 1997, pp. 450-452
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
131
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
450 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1997)131:3<450:CAOSDA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Myoclonic seizures, intractable abdominal pain, and headaches resolved during the concomitant administration of sodium dichloroacetate and v itamin B-1 in two Japanese siblings with the MELAS syndrome (mitochond rial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike syndrom e).