Single muscle fiber analysis of myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 490-497

  Mita, Shuji ^a   Tokunaga, Makoto ^a   Uyama, Eiichiro ^a   Kumamoto, Toshihide ^b   Uekawa, Kazutoshi ^c   Uchino, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurology   (Japan)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; MERRF; Mutant mitochondrial DNA; Ragged red fibers; Single fiber polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE;

ADULT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MERRF SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031896029     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199804)21:4<490::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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