Diabetes and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS): Radiolabeled polymerase chain reaction is necessary for accurate detection of low percentages of mutation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2826-2831

  Smith, Margaret L ^a   Hua, Xiao Yun ^c   Marsden, Deborah L ^a   Liu, Dou ^b   Kennaway, Nancy G ^d   Ngo, Kim Yen ^b   Haas, Richard H ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHOSPHORUS 32;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ETHIDIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLES; MUTATION; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030883241     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.9.2826     Document Type: Article

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