Clinical, pathologic and genetic studies on mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 851-855

  Guo, Yupu ^a   Guo, Zhong ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Zhang, Junwu ^b   Wang, Wenyong ^b   Liu, Xiuqin ^a   Ren, Haitao ^a   Gao, Shufang ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Department of Pharmacology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031267153     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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