Mitochondrial DNA polymerase γ deficiency and mtDNA depletion in a child with Alpers' syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-58

  Naviaux, Robert K ^a,b,f   Nyhan, William L ^a,c   Barshop, Bruce A ^a,c   Poulton, Joanna ^e   Markusic, David ^a,d   Karpinski, Nancy C ^a   Haas, Richard H ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNDROME;

ATAXIA; BIOPSY; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EPILEPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0032900339     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199901)45:1<54::AID-ART10>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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