Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy Lactic Acidosis and Strokelike Episodes Mimicking Occipital Idiopathic Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-134

  Cesaroni, Elisabetta ^a   Scarpelli, Marina ^a   Zamponi, Nelia ^a   Polonara, Gabriele ^a   Zeviani, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC CHILDHOOD OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; MUTATION; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649611179     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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