Exercise intolerance due to mutations in the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1037-1044

  Andreu, Antoni L ^a,h   Hanna, Michael G ^b   Reichmann, Heinz ^c   Bruno, Claudio ^d,h   Penn, Audrey S ^e   Tanji, Kurenai ^h   Pallotti, Francesco ^h   Iwata, So ^f   Bonilla, Eduardo ^h   Lach, Boleslaw ^g   Morgan Hughes, John ^b   DiMauro, Salvatore ^h  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h 4 420 Coll of Phys and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLES; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0033619147     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199909303411404     Document Type: Article

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