title: L-Arginine intervention at hyper-acute phase protects the prolonged MRI abnormality in MELAS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yatsuga
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.|Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, OpenLab, Gene and Cell Technologies, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 42000, Russia.
authors.forename: Nataliya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Povalko
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Reo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saiki
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Kikumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ushijima
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Yushiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan. yasukoga@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yasutoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koga
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017241:MELAS Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D001120:Arginine