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Near infrared spectroscopy with a vascular occlusion test as a biomarker in children with mitochondrial and other neuro-genetic disorders.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Raman Sainath, Chentouf Latifa, DeVile Catherine, Peters Mark J, Rahman Shamima
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial and neurogenetic diseases can present diagnostic challenges. We investigated if near infrared spectroscopy with the vascular occlusion test is able to differentiate between children with mitochondrial disease and children with neurogenetic disease or healthy controls. METHODS: Prospective observational study conducted in a tertiary children's hospital. RESULTS: Forty-three children with...
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