Pigmentary retinal dystrophy and the syndrome of maternally inherited diabetes and deafness caused by the mitochondrial DNA 3243 tRNA(Leu) A to G mutation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1101-1108

  Smith, Paul R ^a,d   Bain, Stephen C ^a   Good, Peter A ^b   Hattersley, Andrew T ^a   Barnett, Anthony H ^a   Gibson, Jon M ^c   Dodson, Paul M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033503921     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90244-0     Document Type: Article

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