Myoclonus epilepsy associated with ragged-red fibres (mitochondrial abnormalities): Disease entity or a syndrome?. Light- and electron-microscopic studies of two cases and review of literature

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 117-133

  Fukuhara, Nobuyoshi ^a   Tokiguchi, Susumu ^a   Shirakawa, Kenichi ^a   Tsubaki, Tadao ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOT MALFORMATION; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HISTOLOGY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; REVIEW; TREMOR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; LACTATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLES; PYRUVATES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0018885541     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(80)90031-3     Document Type: Article

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