Morphological methods in the diagnosis of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: The role of electron microscopy

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Kyriacou, K ^a   Hadjisavvas, A ^a   Zenios, A ^a   Papacharalambous, R ^a   Kyriakides, Th ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Histochemistry; Histology; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 22244446483     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120590951158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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