MERRF: Clinical features, muscle biopsy and molecular genetics in Brazilian patients

Mitochondrion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 528-532

  Lorenzoni, Paulo José ^a   Scola, Rosana H ^a   Kay, Cláudia S Kamoi ^a   Arndt, Raquel C ^a   Silvado, Carlos E ^a   Werneck, Lineu C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetics; MERRF; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial myopathy; Muscle biopsy

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTIC ACID; LYSINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MERRF SYNDROME; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, TRANSFER, LYS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79953741381     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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