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Epilepsy in adults with mitochondrial disease: A cohort study.
Annals of neurology - 1 Dec 2015
Whittaker Roger G, Devine Helen E, Gorman Grainne S, Schaefer Andrew M, Horvath Rita, Ng Yi, Nesbitt Victoria, Lax Nichola Z, McFarland Robert, Cunningham Mark O, Taylor Robert W, Turnbull Douglass M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work was to determine the prevalence and progression of epilepsy in adult patients with mitochondrial disease. METHODS: We prospectively recruited a cohort of 182 consecutive adult patients attending a specialized mitochondrial disease clinic in Newcastle upon Tyne between January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2008. We then followed this cohort over a 7-year period, recording primary outcome...
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