Glomerulopathy in MELAS syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 561-562

  Sunada, Yoshihide ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; mitochondrial cytopathy; tubulopathy

Indexed keywords

FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MELAS SYNDROME; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME;

EID: 0035408643     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.561     Document Type: Article

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