Choroid plexus failure in the Kearns-Sayre syndrome

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Spector, Reynold ^a   Johanson, Conrad E ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Brown University Program in Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955821010     PISSN: 17438454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8454-7-14     Document Type: Note

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