Detection of A3242G point mutation in mitochondrial DNA from 10 cases of MELAS

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 995-997

  Wang, Zhaoxia ^a   Liu, Shuping ^a   Yang, Yanling ^a   Yuan, Yun ^a   Wu, Lijuan ^a   Qi, Yu ^a   Chen, Qingtang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Lactic acidosis and stroke like episodes (MELAS); Mitochondrial disease; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy; Point mutation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE CELL; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SIBLING; GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0036637409     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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