Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS) syndrome: An autopsy report

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 978-981

  Prayson, Richard A ^a   Wang, Nancy ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MUSCLE BIOPSY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0031744223     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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