Mitochondrial DNA mutations in oncocytic adnexal lacrimal glands of the conjunctiva

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 664-666

  Bartoletti Stella, Anna ^a   Salfi, Nunzio C M ^a   Ceccarelli, Claudio ^a   Attimonelli, Marcella ^b   Romeo, Giovanni ^a   Gasparre, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RESPIRATORY COMPLEX I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICRODISSECTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOCYTIC ADNEXAL LACRIMAL GLAND OF THE CONJUNCTIVA; ONCOCYTOMA; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79955786467     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.95     Document Type: Article

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