Skin manifestations of a patient with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes (MELAS syndrome)

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-473

  Kubota, Y ^a   Ishii, T ^a   Sugihara, H ^a   Goto, Y I ^a   Mizoguchi, M ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0032821185     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(99)70123-4     Document Type: Article

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