Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA shows marked age‐dependent increases in human brain

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 609-616

  Mecocci, Patrizia ^a   MacGarvey, Usha ^a   Kaufman, Allan E ^b   Koontz, Deborah ^b   Shoffner, John M ^b   Wallace, Douglas C ^b   Beal, M Flint ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027527023     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410340416     Document Type: Article

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