No association of the 11778 rnitochondrial DNA mutation and multiple sclerosis in japan

Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1333-1334

  Nishimura, M ^a   Obayashi, H ^b   Ohta, M ^a   Uchiyama, T ^c   Hao, Q ^a   Saida, T ^a  

^a Clinical Research Center   (Japan)

^b UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029153643     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.45.7.1333     Document Type: Article

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