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Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) syndrome: Report of a Chinese family with mitochondrial DNA point mutation in tRNALys gene

✍ Scribed by Wan Fang; Chin-Chang Huang; Nai-Shun Chu; Cheng-Chun Lee; Rou-Shayn Chen; Cheng-Yoong Pang; Kwang-Dar Shih; Yau-Huei Wei

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Weight: 493 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-639X
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880170107

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