Prevalence of mitochondrial DNA disease in adults

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-39

  Schaefer, Andrew M ^a   McFarland, Robert ^a   Blakely, Emma L ^a   He, Langping ^a   Whittaker, Roger G ^a   Taylor, Robert W ^a   Chinnery, Patrick F ^a   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39049156470     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21217     Document Type: Article

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