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Ketoacidosis: an unusual presentation of MELAS

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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  1. Department of Biochemical Medicine, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Dundee, UK

    J. Strachan

  2. Department of Child Health, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Dundee, UK

    A. McLellan, M. Kirkpatrick & R. Hume

  3. Department of Genetics, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Dundee, UK

    D. Mechan

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Strachan, J., McLellan, A., Kirkpatrick, M. et al. Ketoacidosis: an unusual presentation of MELAS. J Inherit Metab Dis 24, 409–410 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010573122748

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