The length of cytochrome c oxidase-negative segments in muscle fibres in patients with mtDNA myopathy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 858-864

  Elson, Joanna L ^a   Samuels, David C ^a   Johnson, Margaret A ^a   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a   Chinnery, Patrick F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy; Mitochondrial myopathy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0036837606     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(02)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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