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Ocular motor disorders in mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acid and stroke-like episodes with the 3271 (T-C) point mutation in mitochondrial DNA.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society - 1 Mar 2007
Shinmei Yasuhiro, Kase Manabu, Suzuki Yasuo, Nitta Takuya, Chin Shinki, Yoshida Kazuhiko, Goto Yu-ichi, Nagashima Toshiko, Ohno Shigeaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ocular motor function can provide insights into areas of dysfunction within the nervous system. There are no published eye movement recordings in patients with mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acid and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). Our purpose in this study was to analyze the...
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