Transmission of mitochondrial DNA disorders: possibilities for the future

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Volumn 368, Issue 9529, 2006, Pages 87-89

  Brown, DT ^a   Herbert, M ^b   Lamb, VK ^b   Chinnery, PF ^a   Taylor, RW ^a   Lightowlers, RN ^a   Craven, L ^a   Cree, L ^a   Gardner, JL ^a   Turnbull, DM ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33646874604     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68972-1     Document Type: Note

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