Mitochondrial DNA mutations in patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and Kearns-Sayre syndrome

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-278

  Wang, Zhao Xia ^a   Yuan, Yun ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Qi, Yu ^a   Shen, Ding Guo ^b   Chen, Qing Tang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia; Kearns Sayre syndrome; Mitochondrial DNA mutation; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

MUTATIONS;

MUTAGENESIS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0042970725     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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