MELAS syndrome: Characteristic migrainous and epileptic features and maternal transmission

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 751-754

  Montagna, P ^a   Gallassi, R ^a   Medori, R ^c   Govoni, E ^a   Zeviani, M ^b   Di Mauro, S ^b   Lugaresi, E ^a   Andermann, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MIGRAINE; MITOCHONDRION; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MIGRAINE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLES; RECURRENCE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 0023889006     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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