MELAS with the mitochondrial DNA 3243 point mutation: A neuropathological study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Tanahashi, Chisato ^a   Nakayama, Atsuo ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Ito, Masafumi ^c   Mori, Naoyoshi ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cactus formation; MELAS; mtDNA 3243 point mutation; Neuronal damage; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033966736     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007403     Document Type: Article

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