Prevalence of large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletions in an adult Finnish population

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 976-981

  Remes, A M ^a,b   Majamaa Voltti, K ^a   Karppa M ^a,b   Moilanen, J S ^a,b   Uimonen, S ^a   Helander, H ^a,b   Rusanen, H ^a,b   Salmela, P I ^a   Sorri, M ^a   Hassinen, I E ^a   Majamaa, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20144372593     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000154518.31302.ED     Document Type: Article

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