A new mitochondrial tRNA(Met) gene mutation in a patient with dystrophic muscle and exercise intolerance

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1875-1878

  Vissing, John ^a,b,e   Salamon, M B ^a   Arlien Soborg P ^a   Norby S ^d   Manta, P ^c   DiMauro, S ^c   Schmalbruch, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSTROPHY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031801084     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.6.1875     Document Type: Article

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