Case 36-2005: A woman with seizure, disturbed gait, and altered mental status [24]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1096-1097

  Geberhiwot, Tarekegn ^a   Chakrapani, Anupam ^a   Hendriksz, Chris ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

BLOOD CHEMISTRY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MELAS SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARGININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME;

EID: 33644826235     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc053506     Document Type: Letter

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