Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a diabetic man: Role of the mitochondrial A3243G mutation [6]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 703-704

  Aoki, Yuji ^a   Hosaka, Shigetoshi ^a   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; LETTER; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037108815     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-8-200210150-00031     Document Type: Letter

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