Maternally inherited cardiomyopathy: A new phenotype associated with the A to G at nt.3243 of mitochondrial DNA (MELAS mutation)

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-225

  Silvestri, Gabriella ^a   Bertini, Enrico ^b   Servidei, Serenella ^a   Rana, Michele ^a   Zachara, Elisabetta ^c   Ricci, Enzo ^a   Tonali, Pietro ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; maternal inheritance; MELAS mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0031053733     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199702)20:2<221::AID-MUS13>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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