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Nonspecific mitochondrial disease with epilepsy in children: diagnostic approaches and epileptic phenotypes.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Nov 2007
Kang Hoon-Chul, Kwon Ji Won, Lee Young Mock, Kim Heung Dong, Lee Hong Jin, Hahn Si Houn
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OBJECTIVES: This study sought to characterize epileptic phenotypes in children with nonspecific mitochondrial disease (MD) and to evaluate MD diagnostic approaches. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the medical, electroencephalogram, and laboratory records of 142 patients with epilepsy was performed. The patients were evaluated for MD, and 124 patients were included in the final cohort. The MD criteria used...
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