A new mitochondrial DNA mutation associated with mitochondrial myopathy: tRNA(Leu)(UUR) 3254C-to-G

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 598-600

  Kawarai, T ^a   Kawakami, H ^b   Kozuka, K ^b   Izumi, Y ^b   Matsuyama, Z ^b   Watanabe, C ^b   Kohriyama, T ^b   Nakamura, S ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

EID: 0030799693     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.2.598     Document Type: Article

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