A case of late-onset MELAS

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 722-725

  Kimata, Kevin G ^a   Gordan, Lucio ^a   Ajax, E Todd ^a   Davis, Patricia H ^a   Grabowski, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; MULTIVITAMIN; PHYTOMENADIONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUTTERING;

AGE OF ONSET; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0031955707     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.5.722     Document Type: Article

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