Parkinson syndrome, neuropathy, and myopathy caused by the mutation A8344G (MERRF) in tRNALys

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-58

  Horvath, Rita ^a,b,c   Kley, Rudolf Andre ^b   Lochmüller, Hanns ^a   Vorgerd, Matthias ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Medical Genetic Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMANTADINE; GLYCINE; LEVODOPA; LYSINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; RNA, TRANSFER, LYS;

EID: 33846040667     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000250334.48038.7a     Document Type: Article

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