About the 'pathological' role of the mtDNA T3308C mutation... [1]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1457-1459

  Rocha, H ^a   Flores, C ^a   Campos, Y ^a   Arenas, J ^a   Vilarinho, L ^a   Santorelli, F M ^a   Torroni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BRAIN DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; LETTER; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPAIN;

EID: 0033364959     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302641     Document Type: Letter

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