Polysomnographic findings in a patient with the mitochondrial encephalomyopathy NARP

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1714-1717

  Sembrano, Eduardo ^b   Barthlen, Gabriele Maria ^b   Wallace, Sybille ^b   Lamm, Carin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0031442397     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.6.1714     Document Type: Article

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