Mitochondrial cytopathies

The Causes of Epilepsy: Common and Uncommon Causes in Adults and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 147-157

  Bindoff, Laurence A ^a,b   Engelsen, Bernt A ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 84875253247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921001.021     Document Type: Chapter

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