Ophthalmoplegia due to mitochondrial DNA disease: the need for genetic diagnosis

Andrew M Schaefer1, Emma L Blakely, Philip G Griffiths

  • 1School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, The Medical School, Framlington Place, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom.

Muscle & Nerve
|March 30, 2005
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