Did de novo MELAS common mitochondrial DNA point mutation (mtDNA 3243, A → G transition) occur in the mother of a proband of a Japanese MELAS pedigree?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Yamamoto, Masahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maternal inheritance; MELAS; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030030806     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00272-4     Document Type: Article

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