Single large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletion in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy associated with multiple symmetric lipomatosis

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1012-1014

  Campos, Y ^a   Martin M A ^a   Navarro, C ^b   Gordo, P ^c   Arenas, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DA COSTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMATOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029805035     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.1012     Document Type: Article

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