Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with elderly onset of stroke-like episodes

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 991-995

  Minamoto, Hideaki ^a   Kawabata, Keita ^a   Okuda, Bungo ^a   Shibuya, Naomi ^a   Tachibana, Hisao ^a   Sugita, Minoru ^a   Goto, Yuichi ^b   Nishino, Ichizo ^b   Nonaka, Ikuya ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA analysis; Strongly succinate dehydrogenase reactive blood vessels (SSVs)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES;

EID: 0030345853     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.991     Document Type: Article

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