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Clinical and Brain MR Imaging Features Focusing on the Brain Stem and Cerebellum in Patients with Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged-Red Fibers due to Mitochondrial A8344G Mutation
  
    	
S. Ito, W. Shirai, M. Asahina and T. Hattori

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2008,  29 (2) 392-395; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0865 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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