Infantile encephalopathy associated with the MELAS A3243G mutation. Case report;Encefalopatía infantil asociada con la mutación A3243G MELAS

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Guevara Campos, José ^a,c   Gonzalez Guevara, Lucía ^b   Urbáez Cano, José ^a   Parada, Yulimar ^a  

^a Hospital Felipe Guevara Rojas   (Venezuela)

^b Centro Clínico Científico Esperanza Paraco   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Encephalopathy; MELAS; Mitochondrial diseases; Mutation

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MELAS SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MELAS SYNDROME; MUTATION;

EID: 34547120730     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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