title: Therapeutic effect and [123I]IMP SPECT findings of sodium dichloroacetate in a patient with MELAS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. sudo-a@med.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugai
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003999:Dichloroacetic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D017241:MELAS Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007773:Lactates; D003999:Dichloroacetic Acid; D020367:Iofetamine