Pregnancy and delivery complicated by mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5 II SUPPL., 1998, Pages 865-

  Kokawa, Nobuyoshi ^a   Ishii, Yuki ^a   Yamoto, Mareo ^a   Nakano, Ryosuke ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MYOPATHY; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0344505239     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00632-7     Document Type: Article

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