High prevalence of the COII/tRNALys intergenic 9-bp deletion in mitochondrial DNA of Taiwanese patients with MELAS or MERRF syndrome

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1042, Issue , 2005, Pages 82-87

  Liu, Chin San ^a   Cheng, Wen Ling ^a   Chen, Yi Yun ^a   Ma, Yi Shing ^b   Pang, Cheng Yoong ^b   Wei, Yau Huei ^b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

9 bp deletion; MELAS; MERRF; Mitochondrial disease; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

LYSINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ASIA; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 22044458628     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1338.058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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