Late-onset mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes with bitemporal lesions

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1200-

  Kisanuki, Yaz Y ^b   Gruis, Kirsten L ^b   Smith, Teresa L ^b   Brown, Devin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33747191118     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.8.1200     Document Type: Article

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