Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy of mixed MELAS type

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Bertrand, Ewa ^a   Fidziańska, Anna ^b   Schmidt Sidor, Bogna ^c   Mendel, Tadeusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy; Mixed MELAS; Neuropathology; Ragged red fibers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0030310884     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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