Clinical course and endocrinological disturbances in MELAS-syndrome;VERLAUFSBEOBACHTUNGEN UND ENDOKRINOLOGISCHE FUNKTIONSSTORUNGEN BEIM MELAS-SYNDROM

Nervenarzt

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-470

  Robeck, Sigrid ^a,b   Stefan, H ^a   Engelhardt, A ^a   Neundorfer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

endocrinological disturbances; epilepsy; MELAS syndrome; mitochondriopathy; pituitary insufficiency, pleocytosis, encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; STROKE; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MELAS SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PITUITARY DWARFISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030171199     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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