The T-C(8356) mitochondrial DNA mutation in a Japanese family

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 243, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 441-444

  Sano, Motoki ^a   Ozawa, Matsuko ^b   Shiota, Satomi ^a   Momose, Yuka ^a   Uchigata, Masanobu ^a   Goto, Yu Ichi ^b  

^a Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

MERRF MELAS overlap syndrome; Migraine; Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke like episodes (MELAS); Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibres (MERRF); Transfer RNA gene

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLES; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0029971093     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00900496     Document Type: Article

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