MELAS: clinical features, biochemistry, and molecular genetics.

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Published in Ann Neurol on April 01, 1992

Authors

E Ciafaloni1, E Ricci, S Shanske, C T Moraes, G Silvestri, M Hirano, S Simonetti, C Angelini, M A Donati, C Garcia

Author Affiliations

1: H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.

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