Deletions of the mitochondrial DNA associated to chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with ragged-red fibers in 2 Brazilian patients;Deleciones en el ADN mitocondrial asociadas a oftalmoplejía crónica extrínseca progresiva con fibras rojas rasgadas en 2 pacientes brasileños

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 457-460

  Carod Artal, Francisco J ^a   López Gallardo, Ester ^b   Solano, Abelardo ^b,c   Dahmani, Yahya ^b   Ruiz Pesini, Eduardo ^b   Montoya, Julio ^b  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia; Mitochondrial DNA; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33646260711     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(06)71972-8     Document Type: Article

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