mtDNA nt3243 mutation, external ophthalmoplegia, and hypogonadism in an adolescent girl

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 429-431

  Topaloǧlu, Haluk ^a   Seyrantepe, Volkan ^a   Kandemir, Nurgün ^a   Akçören, Zuhal ^a   Özgüç, Meral ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PYRUVIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032077884     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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