The common MELAS mutation A3243G in mitochondrial DNA among young patients with an occipital brain infarct

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1331-1334

  Majamaa, Kari ^a   Turkka, J ^b   Karppa M ^b   Winqvist, S ^b   Hassinen, I E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030686478     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.5.1331     Document Type: Article

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