Tissue distribution and disease manifestations of the tRNALys A»G(8344) mitochondrial DNA mutation in a case of myoclonus epilepsy and ragged red fibres

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 328-333

  Oldfors, Anders ^a   Holme, Elisabeth ^a   Tulinius, Már ^a   Larsson, Nils Göran ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial enoephalomyopathy; Mutation; Myoclonus epilepsy; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DENTATE NUCLEUS; GENE MUTATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SLOW MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPTOM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; RNA, TRANSFER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029146967     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00296519     Document Type: Article

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