Muscle histopathology in diabetes mellitus associated with mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation at position 3243

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Suzuki, Yoshihiko ^a   Goto, Yu Ichi ^b   Taniyama, Matsuo ^c   Nonaka, Ikuya ^b   Murakami, Nobuyuki ^b   Hosokawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Asahina, Takayuki ^a   Atsumi, Yoshihito ^a   Matsuoka, Kempei ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus associated with 3243 mitochondrial tRNA mutation; mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke like episodes (MELAS); muscle pathophysiology; ragged red fiber

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU;

EID: 0030899261     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00239-0     Document Type: Article

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