MELAS: clinical phenotype and morphological brain abnormalities.

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Published in Acta Neuropathol on July 09, 2003

Authors

M Sparaco1, A Simonati, T Cavallaro, L Bartolomei, M Grauso, F Piscioli, L Morelli, N Rizzuto

Author Affiliations

1: UO di Neurologia con SU, Azienda Ospedaliera, Benevento, Italy.

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