An autopsy case of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome with chronic renal failure

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 662-665

  Yanagihara, Chie ^a   Oyama, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Misa ^a   Nakaji, Kayoko ^a   Nishimura, Yo ^a  

^a NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glomerulosclerosis; Mitochondrial cytopathy; mtDNA 3243 point mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FATALITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADULT; AUTOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; POINT MUTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0035404929     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.662     Document Type: Article

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