A novel tRNAVal mitochondrial DNA mutation causing MELAS

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Tanji, Kurenai ^a   Kaufmann, Petra ^a   Naini, Ali B ^a   Lu, Jiesheng ^a   Parsons, Timothy C ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Willey, Joshua Z ^a   Shanske, Sara ^a   Hirano, Michio ^a   Bonilla, Eduardo ^a   Khandji, Alexander ^a   DiMauro, Salvatore ^a   Rowland, Lewis P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

MELAS; Mitochondrial DNA; Stroke; tRNAVal

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETIRACETAM; LACTIC ACID; VALINE TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER, VAL;

EID: 44649097565     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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