High frequency of migraine-only patients negative for the 3243 A>G tRNALeu mtDNA mutation in two MELAS families

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 919-927

  Cevoli, Sabina ^a   Pallotti, Francesco ^b   Morgia, Chiara La ^a   Valentino, Maria L ^a   Pierangeli, Giulia ^a   Cortelli, Pietro ^a   Baruzzi, Agostino ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Carelli, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CPEO; Genetic; MELAS; Migraine; Oxidative phosphorylation; Stroke like

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; LACTIC ACID; LEUCINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU;

EID: 78349250598     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102409354654     Document Type: Article

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