Precipitation of stroke-like event by chickenpox in a child with MELAS syndrome

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-325

  Jian Ren, Liu ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient mapping; Chickenpox; Diffusion weighted MRI; MELAS syndrome; Stroke like episode

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DNA DETERMINATION; EDEMA; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT MUTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE;

EID: 27344441347     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.16932     Document Type: Article

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