Ophthalmoplegia due to mitochondrial DNA disease: The need for genetic diagnosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 104-107

  Schaefer, Andrew M ^a   Blakely, Emma L ^a   Griffiths, Philip G ^b   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a   Taylor, Robert W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia; Cytochrome c oxidase; Deletion; Histochemistry; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL;

EID: 21444446341     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20319     Document Type: Article

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