MELAS presenting as migraine complicated by stroke: Case report

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 781-784

  Ohno, K ^a   Isotani, E ^a   Hirakawa, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; MELAS; Migraine; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030659454     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050505     Document Type: Article

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