Expanding the phenotype of the 8344 transfer RNA(lysine) mitochondrial DNA mutation

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1447-1450

  Austin, S A ^a   Vriesendorp, Francine J ^a   Thandroyen, F T ^a   Hecht, J T ^a   Jones, O T ^b   Johns, D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LYSINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031796949     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1447     Document Type: Article

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