Clinical and Genetic Features in a MELAS Child With a 3271T>C Mutation

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-146

  Chou, Hsiao Feng ^a   Liang, Wen Chen ^a   Zhang, Qing ^b   Goto, Yu ichi ^c   Jong, Yuh Jyh ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UBIDECARENONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALLELES; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; GENETIC LOAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 38149109128     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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