Depletion of mitochondrial DNA in the skeletal muscle of two cirrhotic patients with severe asthenia

Gene

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-148

  Pesce, Vito ^a   Cormio, Antonella ^a   Marangi, Lucia C ^a   Guglielmi, Francesco W ^a   Lezza, Angela M S ^a   Francavilla, Antonio ^a   Cantatore, Palmiro ^a   Gadaleta, Maria Nicola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Mitochondrial DNA content; Mitochondrial DNA deletions

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ASTHENIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA CONTENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ASTHENIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0037029073     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00815-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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