Common deletion of mitochondrial DNA in a 5-year-old girl with failure to thrive, ptosis, ophthalmoplegia and ragged-red fibers

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 413-415

  Seyrantepe, Volkan ^a   Kale, Gülsev ^a   Topaloǧlu, Haluk ^a   Alikasifoǧlu, Ayfer ^a   Özgüc, Meral ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia; Common deletion; mtDNA; Ptosis

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MULTIVITAMIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; PYRUVIC ACID; UBIDECARENONE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PTOSIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA;

EID: 0032814569     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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