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Carotid dissection in mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes

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    Robin C. C. Ryther

  2. Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Yoon Andrew Cho-Park & Jong Woo Lee

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Ryther, R.C.C., Cho-Park, Y.A. & Lee, J.W. Carotid dissection in mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes. J Neurol 258, 912–914 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5818-7

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