Sporadic MERRF/MELAS overlap syndrome associated with the 3243 tRNALeu(UUR) mutation of mitochondrial DNA

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-190

  Campos, Yolanda ^a   Martin, Miguel Angel ^a   Lorenzo, Gustavo ^b   Aparicio, Manuel ^b   Cabello, Ana ^a   Arenas, Joaquin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maternal inheritance; MELAS; MERRF; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial myopathy

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUTATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU;

EID: 0030031395     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199602)19:2<187::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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