Focal and generalized seizures may occur in mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS) patients

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1553-1554

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Zarrouk Mahjoub, Sinda ^b  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MELAS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME;

EID: 84940890446     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073814567539     Document Type: Letter

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