Quality of life in adult patients with mitochondrial myopathy

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-195

  Orsucci, Daniele ^a   Calsolaro, Valeria ^a   Siciliano, Gabriele ^a   Mancuso, Michelangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84859837374     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337161     Document Type: Letter

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