Maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA disease in consanguineous families

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1226-1229

  Alston, Charlotte L ^a   He, Langping ^a   Morris, Andrew A ^b   Hughes, Imelda ^b   Goede, Christian De ^c   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a   McFarland, Robert ^a   Taylor, Robert W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consanguineous disease; genetic counselling; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INHERITANCE; LEIGH DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MICROCEPHALY; MIGRAINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN APNEA ATTACK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SEIZURE; STRIDOR;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 81455154574     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.124     Document Type: Article

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