Mitochondrial DNA disease prevalence: Still underrecognized?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-

  Manwaring, Neil ^a   Jie, Jin Wang ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Sue, Carolyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GENE MUTATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; LETTER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES;

EID: 55849086892     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21469     Document Type: Letter

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