Recurrent strokes in a 34-year-old man

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9077, 1997, Pages 560-

  Chinnery, P F ^a   Turnbull, D M ^a,c   Walls, T J ^b   Reading, P J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

EID: 18344400723     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)05005-8     Document Type: Article

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