Single muscle fiber analysis in patients with 3243 mutation in mitochondrial DNA: Comparison with the phenotype and the proportion of mutant genome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-175

  Ozawa, Matsuko ^a,b   Nonaka, Ikuya ^a   Goto, Yu Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3243 mutation; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial diabetes mellitus; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial encephalopathy, myopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke like episodes (MELAS); Single muscle fiber analysis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032516823     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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