Novel mitochondrial DNA transversion mutation in transfer ribonucleic acid for leucine 2 (CUN) in a patient with the clinical features of MELAS

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 971-972

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a   Ozand, Pinar T ^a   Al Dhalaan, Hesham ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROWSINESS; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FIBROBLAST; VOMITING;

ANTICODON; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POINT MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU;

EID: 33846307742     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210110601     Document Type: Article

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