Ultrastructural diagnosis of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies revisited

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-170

  Kyriacou, K ^a   Mikellidou, C ^a   Hadjianastasiou, A ^a   Middleton, L ^a   Panousopoulos, A ^a   Kyriakides, T ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Histochemistry; Histology; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; MUSCLES; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0033027106     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281662     Document Type: Article

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