Autopsied case with MERRF/MELAS overlap syndrome accompanied by stroke‐like episodes localized to the precentral gyrus
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropathology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0919-6544,1440-1789
DOI: 10.1111/neup.12551