Cerebral lactic acidosis correlates with neurological impairment in MELAS

Neurology. 2004 Dec 28;63(12):2458; author reply 2458. doi: 10.1212/wnl.63.12.2458.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis, Lactic / etiology*
  • Acidosis, Lactic / metabolism
  • Astrocytes / metabolism
  • Biological Transport
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / etiology
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / metabolism*
  • Cerebral Ventricles / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / metabolism*
  • Lactic Acid / analysis*
  • Lactic Acid / cerebrospinal fluid
  • MELAS Syndrome / cerebrospinal fluid
  • MELAS Syndrome / complications
  • MELAS Syndrome / metabolism*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy* / methods
  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters / metabolism
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Organ Specificity
  • Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Lactic Acid