MELAS syndrome in a patient with a point mutation in MTTS1

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-132

  Lindberg, C ^a   Moslemi, A R ^a   Oldfors, A ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral sinus thrombosis; MELAS; Mitochondrial tRNA; Mutation; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; TRANSFER RNA; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POINT MUTATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STROKE;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER, SER;

EID: 37849038344     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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