MELAS syndrome associated with both A3243G-tRNALeu mutation and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-103

  Aharoni, Sharon ^a,d   Traves, Teres A ^b,d   Melamed, Eldad ^b,d   Cohen, Sarit ^c,d   Silver, Esther Leshinsky ^c,d  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

MELAS syndrome; mtDNA; Multiple deletions; tRNALeu

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHENYTOIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MELAS SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT STATURE; TRACHEOTOMY;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU;

EID: 77956876027     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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